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12/27/2004 Entry: "Christmas with Jacqueline P"

Of the various blog entries I've read talking about how the author spent the holiday, Jacqueline Passey's was the funniest for me. "My stepmother managed to make both her youngest daughter cry *and* her second youngest daughter scream in response to a Christmas gift this year! Good job! Suellen (my stepmother) handed Zoya (the youngest, age 14) the components of her gift one at a time to unwrap. First, a rock. Then, another rock. Then, a piece of astroturf. Zoya is looking perturbed. A thermometer. Confusion. A container of mealworms. More confusion. Suellen opened the mealworms and put one on the coffee table and tried to convince Zoya they were pets to play with. Zoya starts to freak out a little. Then, the jar of crickets."