Awkward + Awesome: The Chunky Milk Christmas Edition

We're still talking about Christmas, right?

Okay good.

Here is another edition of awkward & awesome,

brought to you by the 2013 Christmas season.
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So, every year my immediate family (mom, dad, jordan, me, 2 brothers, and 1 sister) exchanges names for a secret santa. For the past few years we've used a group message on Facebook to send out gift ideas. Here are a few notable parts of the message thread. I feel like all of the following fits under both awkward and awesome, but I guess I'll let you decide. There's a slight chance than none of you will think these are as funny as I did, but there's also a slight chance I don't care.

12/3, 4:58pm

Geoff Reese

Larceny whisky. Your mom keeps drinking mine.

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  12/7, 1:22pm
  

  Austin Reese
  

  Dress socks with STRONG toe durability that don't get holes in the toe after only a few times wearing them

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  12/7, 1:52pm
  

  Geoff Reese
  

  Save some $$. Cut your toenails

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  12/7, 2:17pm
  

  Austin Reese
  

  Dad, I've tried multiple times to cut down my nails....

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  12/8, 2:49pm
  

  Austin Reese
  

  ALSO ADD A STUD FINDER TO MY LIST

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  12/13, 4:07pm
  

  Geoff Reese
  

  Austin you want a stud finder? Your Mom's a stud finder. That's how she found me.

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  12/11, 10:42am
  

  Sarah Reese
  

  my sincere apologies to whoever has me but all I can think of right now is
  

  -cds (catching fire soundtrack, Lorde "pure heroine", mumford & sons, and the lumineers)
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  12/11, 10:43am
  

  Dan Reese
  

  Aren't you in school right now??
  
  
  

  

  12/11, 1:18pm
  

  Pam Reese
  

  
  

  
  

  Uh oh... I think you're busted, Sarah!

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We were with Jordan's family, and I set up the tripod so we could all take a picture together in front of the tree.

You might say I misjudged the self-timer...

#buttshot

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On Christmas Eve, my family played a round of Farkle for a $5 gift card.

My brother opened up a Starbucks sleeve to find $5 in breakfast coupons.

Let's just say my dad thinks he's hilarious with his jokes, and my brother was not amused that his $5 prize involved him spending money.

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Apparently the milk had gone bad. Like, really bad. Chunky bad.

My dad noticed immediately and spit out his drink.

This was AFTER my brother drank an entire glass.

His words: "I thought it tasted weird!"
Apparently he was too busy dipping his cookies in the milk that he failed to notice the chunks. What a sucker.

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The "optional gift wrapping" for my brother's sleeping bag was definitely a huge Santa bag.

Most certainly worth the extra 5 dollars.

Finally, I will leave you with some of our attempted tripod shots on Christmas morning.
It was a good day.

Oh, and yes, my brother is holding an axe.

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