It's the time of the year again. In Toronto, there is once again no snow on the ground. It's 7 degrees outside and it will rain for sure tonight! Nevertheless, this christmas should be a good one. I'll be with my girlfriend and her family this year but i definately miss being with my family in calgary!
There's two tricks that i recommend everybody do to their relatives on christmas.
Trick #1:
If you have a younger cousin...you can assume that he's going to get a lot of gifts because of his age. What we used to do was go to the tree and find all the gifts that were labelled "To: Sherman" We took all the gifts and we either hid them under the couch or we put them somewhere we nobody can find. When it's time for gift opening..the whole family gathers around the tree and names are called out everybody will open their gifts with excitement. Meanwhile..nobody has a clue that Sherman still doesn't have a gift. He'll mope around in the back watching everybody open their gifts with excitement. All of the other cousins are in on it so they open their gifts with extra emphasis in front of him. When the bottom of the tree is almost clear...look over at your cousin and say..."hey...were you a bad kid this year? what happened? you didn't get anything yet!" He'll certainly look like he wants to ball and will start to believe that he was a bad kid for something. When you are done toying with him...bring out the gifts and he'll smile along with you and the whole family with laugh.
Trick #2:
My cousin Jamie invented this one in the family. One year we went to our rooms looking for gifts to give ourselves and we wrapped it up and put it under the tree. On the label..we would label "To: Chris, From: Auntie Anna" It helps if the person you write down is regarded as the "cheap" relative in the family. She was the perfect victim. Anyway...when the gift giving happens...the gifts are distributed and when you recieve your own gift...open it with excitement to find your new NINTENDO system under the tree from your "cheap" relative. If they are married...it's even better. She'll say..."WHAT?!?! I didn't buy that for you!!" She'll turn to her husband or something and say "Did you buy that?!?!" Just keep your act up...all the other relatives will just be amazed at this awesome gift you just recieved! It's really funny!
Sigh..the memories...anyway...I hope all of you have a good sing dan and don't kill yourself shopping on "hup"ing day. That's boxing day.
Chris