Tag: exchanged gifts

• Hosting Christmas Eve and Remote Controlled Gift Frenzies – Thoughts from December 30, 2025

  

  Patti and I hosted Christmas Eve, but we couldn’t do it at our house because our kitchen and the rest of the house are not usable. I planned to work on the kitchen on my four days off from work, but rain prevented it. We had our hosting night at Patti’s sister’s house. It’s much…

  Brian Kirwan

  June 16, 2026

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