First Day of a New Year! Welcome 2012

I have never been big on Christmas, sure, i loved it as a child and i looked forward to my nana coming over on christmas eve but as an adult, i just found it tedious. i would like to celebrate another way, not with gifts and huge meals and forced togetherness, i would like a simple gathering, come if you want to, bring something to nibble on or a bottle of wine to share, if you must give a gift, i would love something handmade, something that came from your heart. i would like to sit around the fire on big comfy chairs of squishy bean bags on the floor, tell stories and laugh, cuddle with the kitties and puppies and just be together, enjoying each other's company without all the commercialized "stuff", decorations, piles of wrapping paper strewn about the floor. i would like to play a board game, with everyone, even the kids, maybe even dominoes or scrabble. i would like to connect to your heart, see a piece of your soul shining through. i want to be with you, the real you, stripped down and vulnerable and i promise, i will do the same.