Hanukkah Party

So I'm doing this again, blogging via the iPad. I was going to o upstairs at around 11, but I've discovered that there's a new episode of the Graham Norton show, and I'm very excited! Anyway I had a blast with everyone last night, and thank you Sari for my present! Though you were very missed and we need to get together while you're on break.

So a few things. Yesterday was the first night of Hanukkah, and well it's actually not that big of a holiday. Like if you miss a night it's ok, and well commercialism has simply made it as big as it is. That being said this Saturday, yes Christmas eve is my family's Hanukkah party. We've made every joke about this possible. Only those who haven't been bar/bat Mitzvahed will get presents ie plural, the rest of us partake in a secret Santa sort of exchange. The biggest part of the party, the thing that everyone who can count past 20 partakes in VERY SERIOUSLY is the dreidel game. Everyone must come equipped with $5 worth of dimes, and that means this years total is $140. Tables of 5/6 people spin it out then each table gets a winner, then those winners have a finale. I've never won it all, though made it into the finals twice. Once I split the winnings with 3 other people since they were all from the same family and had an unfair advantage of winning it all. Oh yeah the seating rule ( like when we start the first round) you can't sit with those you share a house with. Long story short really excited for this, it's always loads of fun!

Also today I went to the hair dresser and officially shaved off all of my hair. I had kept some as a fear of loosing it all and an experiment to see how much would fall. Its wasn't as emotional as I thought, and yeah, I'm bald bald now. So here we grow!

Ok back to Graham Norton.

Miah