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- **Spoilers for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows lie here. Read at your own risk***
When I announced that I no longer believed in Santa, we stopped getting presents from him. (I was the youngest, and thus the last to believe.) We still got presents from the elves, Mrs. Claus, reindeer, etc., but not Santa. We got gifts from all sorts of other people, too -- the Supreme Court justices' names often appear on mine, and my sisters will get things from famous people related to their professions. We also get them from people whose identities supply a hint about what's inside. My DH got something from John L. Sullivan once that turned out to be a pair of silk boxer shorts -- I'm blanking on others right now, but my father is the best at coming up with names for gifts.
Er, as for Harry Potter, I bought myself the CD set and have been listening to Jim Dale read me the story all over again. I can't wait to get to the Battle of Hogwarts, but I'll no more skip ahead with the spoken word book than I would the printed word book.
Joe and I do "clues". We kind of got the tradition from his dad. My family does the "other people", too. Like, my Wizard of Oz stuff is usually from Frank Baum, books and movies from the author or stars, etc.
Makes it a lot of fun, I think.
I like that idea. My mom loves to do 'theme' to/from cards, like one year she did the "up" theme. My dad's new braces were "pants up". My bro's sunglasses were "sun's up" my new bathing suit was "surf's up", etc.
Our family pets are usually responsible for small gifts. Sometimes the cards are signed....
Our family pets are usually responsible for small gifts.
Huh, in my family the dogs tend to be given responsibility for the most expensive pieces of jewelry and/or big checks from our parents. Mom and Dad are often heard to exclaim, "Sox has a platinum credit card!"
The year that Legion T. Cat actually signed the gift tags with his pawprint (dipped in green ink) was great. I got to clean the carpets and furniture, and R got to clean himself and beg forgiveness.
I never get anything from my dad, but his dogs have given me many a gift.
