The Bert Show.

Well, we didn't have to cancel Christmas in the Carter House home, but it certainly was an issue.

Before we went on vacation, Katie and I were having issues regarding Christmas because Katie and I have been together four years tomorrow.

And we have never had a time during Christmas where it was just, you know, myself and Katie, where it's just us exchanging gifts and the whole family knew about it.

Because I had mentioned last year, actually last year being 2008, that Katie and I, for Christmas, I kind of lifted up to her on how she was going to plan the time for, you know, herself and myself.

And it ended up that we exchanged gifts, I think, on December 28th because she comes from a divorce family. So, that's late. Yeah, it is. I mean, it wasn't Christmas Eve, it wasn't Christmas Day. It does take you out of the spirit of things when it's that late, doesn't it? And I'm, yeah, and I just feel like, well, if we're going to start our own tradition, then we need to establish when she and I have our own Christmas time. And because, like I said, she comes from a divorce family, which means that she's got, you know, potentially four different, not only one parent, the other parent, but the other side of grandparents, the other side of grandparents. And so it's just she's, and they're all fortunately local, so she doesn't have to go out of town for it.

But my family's out of town, so it's us juggling almost three different trips to go visit family,

and then we kind of lose ourselves.

Okay.

So right before we left, like Bert said, I was in tears, even the night before the show, because Katie and I had an argument on the fact that I was trying to fight for some time on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day.

And ideally, if Katie Joe gave you exactly what you wanted, what would that have been going into Christmas?

Well, you know what?

Ideally, it would have have my family was Christmas

Evers like we opened gifts on Christmas Eve and did everything Christmas Eve so I'm fine

with Christmas Eve I'm starting to wonder though if Christmas morning would be nice for

us trying real estate right there Christmas morning to wake up together to do you know because

I've never done that with my family so have like breakfast in in bed and have like your coffee time and you start Christmas together,

but that's not, that's a non-designated, that would not be Melissa designated time because that's

a grandparents time. So, and that's just been tradition that it's been at the one grandparent's

home, Christmas morning, that's it. Ideally you want Christmas morning, but that's not going to happen.

That's not going to happen.

So, Christmas Eve was my request.

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