A Story-Worthy Xmas
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Rebecca Forster
December 2014
Contributor
Written by
Rebecca Forster
December 2014

My house is decorated. Cookies are baked. Everything seems to be a joy except for the inevitable conversation with my husband.

"What do you want for Christmas?" he asks.

"I don't need anything." I say.

"But what do you want?"

 

Okay. Okay. I want to be surprised. Inspired. Shocked. I want a story-worthy gift.

 

"You know, honey, just do that."

It sounds like a tall order, but he's done it before.  Here are some of my favorite 'inspired gifts'.

 

1977

Like all newlyweds we were strapped for cash. I made most of my gifts that year but for me, there was a big box with a gold bow under the Christmas tree. Inside was a pair of beautiful, light blue and white pajamas. I was thrilled until I took them out of the box. Something seemed a bit odd. I looked closer.

"Why," I asked my husband, "are there ice cubes on these pajamas? Are you trying to tell me something?"

Startled, he looked at them more closely and said, "I thought they were c louds."

I loved those ice cube pajamas.

 

1992

That year I unwrapped boxes of make-up, trays of make-up, make-up in colors that defied description. There was nothing under the tree for me except make-up. In my stocking there were make-up samples.

"Wow," I say. 

"So you like it?"

"It's all make-up," I point out. "Don't you like the way I look?"

"Sure he does," my young son son pipes up. "But dad made friends with the really pretty girls at Macy's and they told him you would like all this stuff."

Now that we know he is vulnerable to pretty girls wielding perfume samples, My husband does not venture into the cosmetics department at Christmas alone anymore.

 

2001

I raised an eyebrow and held up my gift. A negligee. Size XXL. My husband's eyes got big when he realized his mistake.

"I thought it was pretty. It was on sale."

Unreturnable, it sits in a drawer and makes me smile each time I see it. My husband has no idea what size I wear but he thought of me because the gown was pretty and I am a big fan of bargains. How much sweeter could he be? 

Now when he asks what I want for Christmas I just smile. I know that chances are I will get exactly what I want for Christmas. It doesn't matter what it is, it will be a gift wrapped up with all the love in the world.

 

 May your Christmas be filled wonderful, delightful, love-inspired, story-worthy surprises.*

 

*To be fair, I am have been guilty of a few gift faux pas myself . His favorite is the Christmas  I got him trashcan. In my defense, he had been complaining about our old one forever.

 

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