Thank God for young minds

from JoeUser Forums

Yes, I, a father of 4, made a major mistake!  I bought a rerun!  I did not do it on purpose (the company shipped the wrong product).  And I did not even look.  It said what I thought it should say, and so I was content that my shopping was done!

But low, a star arose!  It was not Christ the lord!  It was my youngest son!  And while proudly showing him the ill gotten booty of his siblings, he noted "Dad, Alex has that one already!".  Looking aghast, I realized that indeed, I had the wrong thing!

Alas and alack, it is too late to order on line!  So in the morrow, I venture out into the savage tundra occupied by beasts more fearsome than any african Savanah!  Yea, though I go into the valley of death, I will fear no evil! for my other son's Christmas is at stake!  Nay, I will fear not, for I will be the worst animal in the forest!  A father looking for that last Christmas gift for a child!

Beware and be forewarned!

And thank god for little santas that look closer than old men!

Peace on Earth, and Merry Christmas to every one.

Happy Chunaka to MM, Mano and Larry!  And have some eggnog on me!

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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
Appologies to Peter Billingsley!  Guess it is the season!
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
Well don't feel bad....I think two of my sons's gifts wrapped so pretty under the tree are going back...after Christmas!! When I picked up my eldest at the airpport and asked him on the way home what he was able to salvage from Katrina (not much) he just so happened to have the item still in his possession I had bought him that very night. I went to at least 4 stores looking for this gift. Was I bummed? .....yes siree but I'm thinking maybe just maybe this is in much better shape being new and a bit different and maybe he'll go for it... one can only hope.

The other son, David, came home after spending 5 days with his girlfriends parents. And lo and behold...they bought him the gift I had already put under the tree for him....yup this is turning out to be a duplicate Christmas fer sure. I'm thinking next year...gift certificates are looking mighty good from this vantage point.
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
Oh and Bless you kind sir for venturing out into that vast wasteland of shoppers!
YOU are sooooo brave to do this!
How much you DO love your family, seriously.
oh yes, a good daddy
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top

The other son, David, came home after spending 5 days with his girlfriends parents. And lo and behold...they bought him the gift I had already put under the tree for him....yup this is turning out to be a duplicate Christmas fer sure. I'm thinking next year...gift certificates are looking mighty good from this vantage point.

Ouch!  Mine was just a shipping mistake!  (at least for now, as I have learned that other factors are afoot). 

Oh for the days when they wanted balls and hoops!

Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top

Oh and Bless you kind sir for venturing out into that vast wasteland of shoppers!
YOU are sooooo brave to do this!
How much you DO love your family, seriously.
oh yes, a good daddy

Yea tho I volley into the valley, I will fear no evil!  Cause I am just too stupid to know the difference!

!

Love your verse as well!

Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top
I am still lacking a small plastic horse for my daughter. Like a "My Pretty Pony" or some such nonsense. It was a request to Santa, and Santa pretty much always brings what the kiddies ask for. Especially when she's 4.
Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top
I am still lacking a small plastic horse for my daughter. Like a "My Pretty Pony" or some such nonsense. It was a request to Santa, and Santa pretty much always brings what the kiddies ask for. Especially when she's 4.

I hate Santa. ROFL. Who spends all that time listening to the rantings and ravings of a five-year-old? ME. Who braves the world of hostile shoppers to find just the perfect match for the items on the "Dear Santa" list? ME. Who takes all that time wrapping (even wrapping "Santa's gifts" in different paper on the off chance said five-year-old might notice the paper?) the requested items? ME. And who gets all the credit?? Some white-haired geezer who doesn't even EXIST. It's not fair, I tell ya! ROFL



Good luck, doc!! May you return unscathed and in one piece! Happy Shopping!
Reply #8 from JoeUser Forums Top
Yeah that always bums me out how santa gets all the credit for MY work.

What a bum.
Reply #9 from JoeUser Forums Top
Yeah that always bums me out how santa gets all the credit for MY work.


I want to get credit for my work on my daughters gifts. Sorry Santa, you're not welcome at my house.

Reply #10 from JoeUser Forums Top
Ok,........ the solution? Buy one gift and wrap from Santa.....the rest? From Mom and Dad.

Everybody's happy.

P.S.

Don't forget the milk and cookies.............
Reply #11 from JoeUser Forums Top
Ok,........ the solution? Buy one gift and wrap from Santa.....the rest? From Mom and Dad.


Our kids only get one or two things from Santa (besides the stocking stuff). We wrap the other stuff up and put it under the tree and then Santa brings the "most wanted" gifts and puts them out by the tree, unwrapped, while the kids are sleeping.

We also fill those miniature stockings with candy and a small toy and put that in bed with the kids and they find those when they wake up.

I love Santa, hehe.
Reply #12 from JoeUser Forums Top

I am still lacking a small plastic horse for my daughter. Like a "My Pretty Pony" or some such nonsense. It was a request to Santa, and Santa pretty much always brings what the kiddies ask for. Especially when she's 4.

Ouch!  I am pulling for santa!  Big time!  Been there!

Reply #13 from JoeUser Forums Top

ME.

Good luck, doc!! May you return unscathed and in one piece! Happy Shopping!

Luck was not a factor!  I had a teen on my side!

 

Reply #14 from JoeUser Forums Top

Yeah that always bums me out how santa gets all the credit for MY work.

Actually, I like it!  let someone else take the heat!

Reply #15 from JoeUser Forums Top

want to get credit for my work on my daughters gifts. Sorry Santa, you're not welcome at my house.

Ah!  let him get a leetle credit!

Reply #16 from JoeUser Forums Top

Ok,........ the solution? Buy one gift and wrap from Santa.....the rest? From Mom and Dad.

Everybody's happy.

P.S.

Don't forget the milk and cookies......

Exactly!

Reply #17 from JoeUser Forums Top

I love Santa, hehe

You are santa! hehe!

Merry Christmas!

Reply #18 from JoeUser Forums Top
Our kids only get one or two things from Santa (besides the stocking stuff). We wrap the other stuff up and put it under the tree and then Santa brings the "most wanted" gifts and puts them out by the tree, unwrapped, while the kids are sleeping.We also fill those miniature stockings with candy and a small toy and put that in bed with the kids and they find those when they wake up.


I love your ideas. It's funny people do so many different "Santa" things in their household. It's a wonder the little ones don't get together and figure out that Santa does one thing in one house and something totally different in another.

I have a friend that wraps all her stocking stuffer giftsfor her kids in white tissue paper only. That's all Santa brings to their house. The other gifts come from her and her husband. Santa doesn't do the tree there.

Can you imagine if her kids talked to your kids? they could say...."Hey I didn't get anything under the tree from Santa."

I used to do the clothing articles from us and the toys from Santa. I had to be careful not to wrap with the same paper. My son found my paper roll one year in the closet used in wrapping the toys and the gig was up.



Reply #19 from JoeUser Forums Top

It's a wonder the little ones don't get together and figure out that Santa does one thing in one house and something totally different in another.

I think that is how most figure it out.  When they start talking to each other.

Reply #20 from JoeUser Forums Top
Happy Chunaka to MM, Mano and Larry! And have some eggnog on me!


Thank you kind sir.... but you left out Andrew