That’s the announcement my mom made to me this weekend, and I’m thinking, “WHAT!?!?!”  I’m not ready for Christmas.  Yes, I have most presents, but not all of them, and they are all in storage!  But my brother will be here any time from Iraq, and Mom wants to celebrate while he is here.  Now that I’ve gotten over the shock, I’m kind of excited.  It will be nice to celebrate the holidays with Tommie.  But now that I can think, I’ve got to also get some clarification.  Are we having all of Christmas? Or just exchanging our gifts to and from him? I mean I do love him, but what will we do on Christmas day if we have full fledged Christmas on Thansgiving?  I’m still looking for the answers, and also inventoring who I’ve bought for and who I haven’t.  If I do have to finish up rapidly, what will I buy for everyone.  I know that one brother wants work boots, but I don’t know what to get for Tommie.  I mean I hate to buy him something that he just has to leave here when he heads back to Iraq, but I want to get him something special.  And if this means I have to make decisions for my parents, I’m really in trouble.  They are always the last two people do be marked off my list.  I never know what to get for them as they buy anything they want for themselves. Yikes!!  Those 45 days I thought I had left may have just turned into just a few days!  Ideas?!?