The Melissa(s) of Christmas Past, originally uploaded by Mad-Eye Melissa.
Wow, so this is the first Flashback Friday in… Well, weeks, anyway. And since it’s the last Friday before Christmas (!! ohdearGODsomuchgift-inglefttodo), I decided to break out** some old photos of yours truly from Christmases past.
(**These were already on my computer, and I honestly don’t know why I scanned them… Glad I did, though, since they are, at this moment, proving extremely useful.)
I think they’re relatively self-explanatory, though I do have a few comments:
- What was with the striped footie pajamas, Mom? I looked like a candy cane…
- I have no idea what that blue thing I’m clutching for dear life in the top left photo was. I do remember that it was long and cuddly and I adored it beyond most other things, but I have little recollection of what it actually WAS. A worm of some sort? Did it DO something? Any help from you fellow 80’s children would be really appreciated… I’m kind of dying to know, now.
- Also in that same photo: HOW PERFECT IS THAT FACE. It very plainly says: “OH GOD LOOK AT ALL THE PRESENTS HOW EXCITING BUT I HATE BEING THE CENTER OF ATTENTION AND THERE’S A CAMERA BUT YAY!! OH CRISIS, CRISIS.” I was such a conflicted little kid. And TINY. When in the world was I ever that tiny??
- Get In Shape, Girl! The ribbon set. Need I say more?
- What *does* shaking a present achieve, exactly??
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays, everyone… For those of you with little ones this year: have a blast!
Regarding No. 5, it lets you know when there is broken glass in the box! Like last year’s Christmas gift from my sister-in-law–she sent a set of four glasses to us via USPS and didn’t wrap them in anything. Somehow two of the glasses made it to us unscathed. Classic!
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