Christmas time around our house has become stuff of legends with regards to some of the lengths we will go to try and surprise each other with gift-giving. One year, I sent a gift ahead to Nashville when we were first married to have my wife have a gift to open at my mom's. We've opened email accounts under assumed names to hide online purchases and changed passwords to hide ebay bids so that we could do a lot of surprises. There have been times that we were generally surprised at what was given, but most years, there is an ongoing dilemma on how we can get each other. Most years; however, one or the other of us tend to guess what the gift is and make the holiday miserable for the other one. It's almost an inhumane sense of humor, but it has passed down to our daughter. She loves to play the game and the fun part of it is when she gives out the clues as to what could be in the box. More often than not, her clues are exactly what is in the box making the guess work pretty easy. My favorite part is to pick up the boxes and do the old "shake test" to rile up the gift giver in hoping the secret is given up. This year, I have yet to launch a successful guess so it looks as if this year will be one of those memorable ones that will lead to a big surprise. I guess I'll have to start early for next year, create a new account, and let the bidding begin on that special gift that will surpass anything from Christmases past.
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