gift of all? Why it's my number one son, Jack!
Not! But, certainly the most interesting response to a nifty gift in the past few years at our household.
For months prior to Christmas last year, at just about every opportunity, we would (as a family) joke about getting an X-Box 360 as a gift--for Halloween, Columbus Day, Thanksgiving, Election Day...
Last Christmas morning after everyone had opened their gifts (books, calendars, clothes--the usual), my wife pulled out one wrapped box for us (kids and I) to open. I had no recollection of what the gift was, but figured it was some sort of family style gift that I had simply forgotten in all the brouhaha...
Upon tearing away the gift wrap the kids and I realized we had received the most previous gift, nay, the Holy Grail of gifts... an X-BOX 360! The picture above is of one of my most precious gifts, my son Jack, after recognizing what the gift was... I can only hope for such an emotional response when I am old and sick! (The honest-to-goodness truth is that it was a very thoughtful gift from my wife to the kids --and me. Thank goodness the kids actually deserved it!)
Who says the spirit of Christmas is not still alive?
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