It's Tuesday, and that can only mean one thing here on my blog. True Story Tuesday! Because Christmas is only 3 days away, I thought I'd bless all of you with a story of the best Christmas present ever.
There once was a time when we used to receive presents at Christmas from our relatives who lived in faraway states. I don't know when that stopped actually. I guess when we all grew up and left home the presents stopped arriving by that much loved big brown truck.
On this particular afternoon my sister and I were sitting in the living room staring at the presents under the tree trying to decipher what was in those brightly wrapped packages that UPS had so kindly delivered to our door. My sister and I were the children who hunted out our gifts every year and knew what they were before Christmas morning. We had perfected the I'm so surprised and I love it face. So here we were as teenagers- she was a senior in HS and I was a freshman. By this time we had honed the craft of unwrapping presents and then rewrapping them so that no one was any wiser. The present that was in the shape of a cylinder and weighed an excessive amount had gotten our curiosity so peaked that we couldn't help ourselves.
We quickly ran to the tree and huddled together on our knees bent over the present. Ever so carefully we removed the tape. Piece by torturous piece. And when we were done we unveiled the best Christmas present ever.
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Oh you know I am so with you on this one! You have taken the crown -- I humbly give it to you with my best. By the way, I was in the grocery store yesterday and somehow ended up on the juice aisle but didn't know it until I turned around and was face to face with a six-pack of 5.5 oz. cans of grapefruit juice. I giggling like a lady as crazy as the Grandma the rest of the time I was in the store. Now every time I see a large can of beans it will be all I can do to not wonder what it would look like under someone's tree! (PS: thankfully there's been no more mice!) Merry Christmas to you & yours!
That is funny! I can't believe you unwrapped all of your presents and then rewrapped them! I would be wrapping some baked beans for you too. Did your parents ever catch on that you girls had done this? Are your boys as curious as your were as a child?
baaaaaaahaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
that is so funny!!!
They got you didn't they?!?!?!!?
Funny.
Don't have any stories like that to tell.
My aunt O was famous for supplying packages that would literally spring apart/explode when you opened them. There is nothing like trying to find 400+ marbles that were launched into the room by a jack-in-the-box spring. Especially with hardwood floors. And the parents due home at any moment.
It took my brother and I a few years to wise up to the fact that the packages under the tree from aunt O were always replaced with the real present just before opening on Christmas Eve. (This was the same aunt that knitted the infamous 'certain part of the male anatomy' warmers later on.)
I think that is known as BUSTED! HAHAHA! Oh, lordy... me and my brother were the worst about it too. I took my Dad's keys once so I could go in the garage and look in his trunk. Well, he nearly caught me in the act and then he started looking for his car keys and they were in my pocket. I let him search around for a few minutes while I TOTALLY PANICKED. Fortunately, I found a place to put them and acted like I had found them for him. ;)
wait wait wait...it sounds like you got busted!
I have to keep the present locked away until Christmas Eve so noone will try to sneak anything open. I should wrap a bunch of fake presents and just see if anyone tries to sneak a peak!
You guys were terrible! Whatever happened to the fun of a surprise??? ;)
OMWord that is hilarious. I used to do the same thing with gifts. :) Maybe she had the secret to bushes baked beans. Shhhh! That can is worth a million:)
Funny! I don't put a thing under the tree until the kids are fast asleep on xmas eve! I don't trust them for a second!
That's hysterical! Sounds like you were busted! :)
Let me quit laughing long enough to compose a comment.
HAHA HA HAAA HAAAHAHA AHAHAHHHAHA!
Stinkin' hilarious (pun fully intended, sorry).
That's one of those "God'll get ya" things, right? No more sneaking around looking at all your presents (and even PLAYING with them) before Christmas!
My friend... this is precisely why I don't have a single gift wrapped yet, and they are all locked in the "Christmas Room" where Itty Bit whines at the door everyday. I will not re-wrap everything because the kiddo doesn't know how to sneak a peak ;)
Thanks for the laughs - you are a hoot and a holler!
Too funny! So who were the beans for and did you have them for dinner on Christmas night:)
How much did that cost to ship? That is not a light weight gift.
Now THAT is funny!
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