Christmas!
What a great Christmas it turned out to be as well! THANK YOU MOM AND GRANDMOTHER for all the wonderful gifts that you've given. I've been grossing out in candy-heaven, strutting around proudly in my new socks, started reading the book but I have yet to wear the hideous tie and drink a cup of royal tea (WONDERFUL! I laughed SO hard!!). I started out Christmas eve on Skype, with the family obviously. There's no Christmas without family! Then I spent most of the day in the Swedish Church on 48th Street attending the traditional Christmas prayer, drinking glögg (glühwein, but better), eating gingerbread cookies and saffron buns. I was also there because I had entered in their lottery. They organized a Christmas lottery with about 20 prizes, the grand one being a return ticket for two, to Stockholm! Of course I wanted in! I bought five tickets for 30$ and won a gift card at H&M for 100$!! Since I needed a new jacket and other stuff, this was perfect! What was even more pe...