Merry Christmas Glasses!

I got a special, surprise Christmas present this year from Ross' Mom, Wanda. She gave me her set of Merry Christmas glasses! I was so surprised and so very thrilled to receive them! My parents had a set of these exact Merry Christmas glasses when we were growing up and I absolutely loved them. My parents had four glasses that said Merry Christmas and four that said Seasons Greetings. My sister and I both loved them and we would often argue about who would get them someday. Last Christmas my Mom decided to give them to my sister and me. You can read more about that  here.

During the first Christmas Ross and I were together celebrating Christmas at his parent's house, I realized that Wanda had a set of these same Merry Christmas glasses. I told her how we had these glasses growing up and my sister and I both wanted them someday. When talking to Wanda about the glasses I was thinking to myself that maybe someday down the road I'd ask her if I could have her set to go along with whatever I got from my Mom and have a very nice set for myself. But I wasn't going to say anything about that at all.

Well, to my surprise, my thoughts came true and Wanda gave me her Merry Christmas glasses this past Christmas. I hadn't ever asked her for them and had even forgotten that she had a set, so was just so surprised and excited to receive them! And thinking about it now, I don't know why I love them so much. All of the glasses are in good condition for being 40 years old, but they are starting to show their wear. Maybe it's just the childhood memories they bring back, getting them out Christmas after Christmas and enjoying drinking from them. Whatever it is, I'm thrilled and so thankful to have all of these glasses and will treasure them each year. I hope they will last another 40 years and my girls will argue over who gets them someday, too!