Tell me what you really think.
My kids will get stockings forever, too. No chapstick, but at least I know they get a new toothbrush and some dental floss every year. And an orange in the toe.
Enjoy the movie. I'd watch the first two as well before grading that exam.
I think after you watch Azkaban and eat, you probably have a few more things to do. Before you get to her exam, that is. I hear the Theory of Relativity could use some expounding upon....
I'm planning on getting my mom a TracFone, too, for the same reasons you state, but it'll have to wait until her birthday in January. I love my TracFone!
re: Grading your studens paper: instead of "A" through "F", just grade it either "Naughty" or "Nice". I suspect you'll need to accompany your grade with a hearty lump of coal.
And I am never drinking soda at your house. Generic, indeed!...
Mom,
I still don't have gifts for everyone, and I can't wrap a present to save my life - they're all tape-covered and lumpy - and I don't remember which one is which between two of them, but I don't want to unwrap them to figure it out. I'm shopping and going to the movies tonight, packing and attending a holiday function tomorrow night, working the next night and coming home. I have to clean the apartment sometime in there as well.
And, I have to make sure that the Valentine-kitty is fed, littered, and thoroughly loved before I leave him for a couple of days. He's my needy little kitty and he's going to miss me like crazy. He always attacks me with the lovies when I return after being gone for a day. I gave him a chicken tender for Christmas, but again, he licked it soggy then looked up at me in confusion. I got down on the floor with him, tore it in half and coached him, "Come on, rend and tear. Rend and tear! You're a carnivore, eat the meat!" No one was there to see me make an ass of myself, but what is wrong with that cat that he can't figure out what ought to be instinct for him? He rubbed his face on my hand and rolled over, sticking his feet in the air and began to purr alarmingly loudly. I threw the tender away, scooped up the kitty, and sat on the couch and petted him. He's been even clingier than usual lately. Last night, I woke up with his nose pressed into my back. I could feel his little nostrils breathing. Weird. This animal is adorable, but not normal.
Mom,
Oh, and your generic soda sucks. Badly. It tastes like real soda that's been sitting out overnight and then put back in the fridge like THAT's going to fool anyone. There is NEVER anything good to drink at your house. The water even tastes weird - like plastic pipes. Yick. I may bring a case of bottled water and a soda or two home with me. Poo on Sam and his CheapAss Choice Cola. 
If you accidentally unwrap Mamaw's present instead of yours, will you re-wrap it for me? I can't remember which is which and they're in identical boxes.
My gifts are already wrapped and ready for the occasion, I can wait to see my nephews, nieces, faces.
And of course my moms. This is my time to give them all they deserve, for been there for me, always. I love my family a lot.
Can I borrow some of your Christmas spirit please? I'm running on fumes here. 
and if you have a little left over your not using.. may I please use it?
it just isn't the same now the boys are 19 & 23
I am 23 and more wee and joyous about Christmas than I can remember! I'm glad to see it can go on and on!
You've gotten me more excited about Christmas wooooo! The stockings! He he.
That was sooo sweet for your mother-in-law!
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