Wednesday, December 23, 1998

December 23-26, 1998: Home for Christmas

On Dec. 23rd, I took the Amtrak home for the Christmas holiday.     Joe carried my luggage to the train station which was nice.    

On December 24th,  we had the Thomas family Christmas party at Tony's Restaurant. The dinners there were expensive.  We all exchanged small gifts which was nice.    Then, Charlene, Steve, Matt, Kelsey, Devon, and Emma came to our house to exchange gifts.    Devon really liked my mom's Rock N Roll Santa.  We were all dancing around the living room with Santa.    Mom and I went with my grandparents to St. Francis for midnight mass.  

On December 25th, we had our usual dinner at our house and invited my Grandpa and Grandma Thomas over.    Then, we went for a drive around the area to see the light displays.   Grandpa had me do the driving this time, which was nice for him.    

Finally, on December 26, I got to go test drive the Ford Escort ZX2 that I was thinking about buying.  Sue and I test drove the car, but I thought the back seat was way too small.   I inquired about my 1997 Ford Escort, which they still had on the lot. I had turned it in as a lease car about a week ago.    So, I decided to buy my Escort back.   The car payment was going to be $263.49 a month.  

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