Presents!

It’s Christmas season, the season I go to malls and spend lots of money buying presents for my enormous family (mom, dad, step-mom, uncle, grandfather, grandmother, step-grandfather, step-grandmother, step-great-grandfather, step-great-grandmother, step-aunt). I went shopping with my mom and my grandmother. Surprisingly, I was the only one who found presents for people; not enough for everyone, but a start nevertheless. Of course, I have plenty of time, since my family celebrates New Years, not Christmas. It’s the smarter thing to do, anyway; you get more time-value for your money (econ joke, let’s move on).

My grandmother tells me stories about Russian Communism, and it’s absolutely fascinating. People betraying other people, rapid changes of power, the continuous ideological volatility and normal people adjusting to all of these changes. Now that’s interesting history.