[Completed] Moments Around the Mistletoe

Four

Today is a rather peaceful day for me since I've finished all my work. Breakfast made by my brother was delicious but after eating breakfast I immediately went to my bedroom since I still have presents to wrap. A beige and a white-gold gift wrapper is the best way to wrap presents. Beige for daddy, Grandpa Fuller and Gordon and Caesar. White-gold for mommy, Grandma Mary and Tina. I must wrap to impress, even though that it is going to be torn when it is opened and I'm gonna get stressed what style am I going to do. 

Oh, wait a minute. Gotta make sure that these presents are correct. A leather suitcase and wallet for Dad, Hugo Boss perfume for Caesar, for my Grandpa Fuller I bought him a mug since he loves collecting mugs and lastly for Grandpa Gordon I bought him a cookbook to write his new recipes. Now for the girls, a white-gold necklace for Mom, cosy slippers for Grandma Mary and a Personalized Tea Box for Grandma Tina, she's like me, we both love drinking tea.

I tag the presents each by name on who am I going to give them. Now, let's start but before that, I need music to inspire me to work. Not K-pop but English Christmas music. What can I say, life is a song.

Rockin' around the Christmas tree at the Christmas party hop.

This gift wrapping thing is hard work, good thing I work neatly (except when I paint) and the trash can is beside me so it's a no biggie to get clean. Since I hate cleaning after wrapping a present, so why not wrap and clean at the same time. Now that's being a genius. 

Mistletoe hung where you can see every couple tries to stop...

"Sis! You there? What are you doing?" I panicked as I keep the presents and wrappers out of sight. Good thing that I've finished wrapping Grandpa Fuller's present or else I'll be really panicking. "Sis, are you sleeping? What are you doing?" He knocks on my door.

"I'm here, I'm here!" I put some rubbing alcohol on my hands because of the sticky substance of the glue before opening the door. 

"Hey, what going on. Do you need anything? Does anyone need something?"

Rockin' around the Christmas tree let the Christmas spirit ring...

"Oh, you're having music. Are you busy with work? I thought that you're done with work?" What does this guy want with me? If you have something to say then spit it out already, you're wasting my time.

"Say it," I said

"Dad wants us all in the living room since he said were gonna have a movie marathon." I looked at Caesar with a questioning look. 

"What do you mean? We're done watching a movie. How about the time when I was confused on what movie I'm gonna watch and Grandpa Fuller let us watched Home Alone, again." I crossed my arms across my chest and lean in the doorpost.

"Well, that was just us and Grandpa Fuller. Dad wants the whole family to watch a movie together. C'mon sis, he wants us together and you know you're daddy's favourite and you are a daddy's girl. And you know that you can't say no to dad." That daddy's girl word gets me every time. Geez. And that's actually true I can never say no to dad.

I rolled my eyes as I closed my bedroom door. Guess present wrapping must wait, family comes first. "Fine bro, all of you must choose the movie. I have nothing, absolutely nothing in mind."

"Of course you do," He teased. "You watched all the Christmas Movie before Christmas and that's ridiculous."

"I know, I know. Now, c'mon! Let's go, dad's waiting--I mean everybody's waiting for us downstairs. But before that, let me get my favourite pillow and blanket." I turned the doorknob and get my favourite pillow and blanket.

***

Baby's Day Out, it may not be a Christmas movie but it's a good one and it's a comedy that's why I love it. I only saw that movie once when I was 5 or 6, so my memory of that story is really vague. Baby Bink is really cute and really intelligent. Imagine a Baby, an infant, roaming around the busy roads of New York, now that's a real surprise. When I was still an infant, I was in my crib. I would ask my mom if I roam around New York's empty street but no, she would think that's crazy.

The mother was right when she said that Baby Bink is not an ordinary baby. I can't believe that Bink actually played with a gorilla. Those two got great chemistry. Kinda reminds me of Harambe the Gorilla.

The movie is on the scene where it's Eddie turn to get Baby Bink out of the Gorilla's cage and their both sleepy. Eddie gestures to his friends about the Gorilla and Bink sleeping together and a silent laugh escapes my mouth. Eddie grabs Bink's feet and carefully pulls him. This gorilla deserves a Mama of the Year Award. It really loves the baby. Baby Bink shuffles a little bit and it woke up the gorilla screamed at Eddie's face and we burst out laughing. 

"That gorilla's got a mouth of a human," said Caesar.

I raised an eyebrow. "Seriously, you say that when gorillas are almost the same with humans..? Did you even learn about Hominids, Australophitecine and Homo?" I said in a scolding-but-whispering manner

"Peking Man," He said and throws the popcorn in his mouth.

"Exactly!"

"How about Catherine De Novo, she's a Homo Sapien." Grandpa Gordon jokes and he breaks into a small laugh and I'm being pissed. 

"You heard me?" I asked with my eyes still staring at the TV eating some popcorn.

"I'm right beside you," I furrowed my eyebrows and looked behind me. There's my brother, Caesar and Grandpa Gordon. 

"I thought you were beside Grandma Mary..." Caesar gets popcorn from my bowl.

"Nope," said Grandpa Gordon. 

Going back to what Grandpa said, he wasn't wrong. I'm a Homo Sapien not an Orangutan nor an ape. It's actually hard to believe that humans evolve, how about Adam and Eve? Were they Hominids?

"I'm still curious about it, though.." I whispered to myself.

"You said something?" Caesar whispered back.

"No," I answered. 

"And I admit," Grandma Mary coughs before continuing. "That was really funny. Eddie getting screamed at the face, Veeko got slapped in his hand and Norby flying."

"Yeah, I can see that since you are coughing and cough with laugh means that you had a good laugh," Grandpa Gordon jokes and Grandma Mary looks pissed.

"You're a good joker today, father." Mom teased.

"We need to be in a good mood. It's almost Christmas and we're watching a comedy movie. This is a good one, you know." A laugh and smirk escape my brother's mouth.

"Grandpa isn't wrong Gran. You really had a good laugh," said Caesar.

"Well, yes. Factual and Accurate, I did have a good laugh." She said and we giggle.

Watching movie with the family is not bad after all, but 99% of the time my mind was all 'You gotta get those presents to laugh it's almost Christmas, dude. What are you doing?!' I said that I will wrap the presents later, and if not later, tomorrow. Gosh, why did I but those presents late? Next year, I'm gonna buy my presents early, I swear! But now, I'm gonna enjoy the time I have with my family.