Royall Realness: Christmas Hair

Wow it has been almost 3 weeks. Time flies when you are having fun and life is good and CHRISTMAS was here. So I'm pretty much a bah-humbug kinda person. Not really into the whole Christmas thing because Christmas means Winter and Winter means COLD and I HATE COLD! Well this year the week before Christmas it got up to almost 70 degrees and I loved it. I enjoyed this Christmas, I tried to think about the small things, enjoy the time with family although it was short, enjoy party time with my friends although it was short. Did have an awesome engagement party on Dec 23rd with lots of friends and good to see them over Christmas break. Not really much of a break anymore, more like a Christmas long weekend. Oh how I miss the times when you get like 3 weeks after exams and before you had to be back at school/college... those were the days.
I hate to say my best Christmas story is a not so nice one, but it ends up good and could only happen to our loud talking family. So I have a sister that has a new hairstyle when she came home for Christmas, was a little bit of a shocker. She had long blonde flowing curls the last time I saw her, now long straight black with straight across bangs.... shocker. She can wear any hair style and still look good, but it was just the shock of change. Well it started with my mom saying it wasn't her most flattering look, can always count on mom for honesty. Then we take a car ride on Christmas eve to my dad's and on the 20 minute ride Jane I piss Julia off so much that she refuses to speak to us....Great, just great on Christmas....we know if our dad gets wind of this it's going to be bad. So we put on our happy faces and gather round for some present opening. Well Julia get these Glitter "Tranny" shoes, she said those my words not sure exactly, but they were out there. She puts them on and says she is wearing them to church for xmas eve service... and I simply respond with "well no one will notice your hair". Ohhhh wrong time for that, it erupts again the upset-ness (new word), yelling, more yelling by my dad telling and us to be quiet and we are so mean.... yeah telling a Royall girl to be quiet it like saying please continue to OVER TALK EVERYONE ELSE UNTIL OUR POINT IS PROVED... yep and that is what happened between my dad and sister for a few moments, quite entertaining. So we settle down have dinner get things back on track apoligies, accepted apoligies and try to remember the xmas S-P-I-R-I-T!
So we go to church and sit with our aunt, uncle and great aunt who doesn't hear very well and speaks loudly as her normal voice. Oh no she's spotted it, the hair question is about to come out of her mouth and she turns to Julia and says "what did you do to your hair" (where everyone can hear), no real response, so she then turns to me and says "it's hideous, does everyone else like it but me" fighting back laughter I lie and say "yes", Julz leans over and says "NO, and that is not very CHRIST like of you to say"....oh man really holding back the laughter. Then out of all things, when we sing silent night at the end and all light our candles, I got the fake kiddie light candle and it didn't even work, guess that is what I get for being mean to my sister.

But all love has been restored, hair color has not been restored, but I'm more used to it now and it's her hair and she can do what she wants. I'm having the opposite problem I don't like my hair cut and everyone loves it or they are LYING!!! So be truthful to your friends if they have bad hair, but not TOO truthful!

Happy Holidays all!