Gifts from Santa

[cookoutdeac]

So you had to run down the stairs/into the room, then figure out which ones were Santa one by one, and then open them up?

Just kills the initial rush/excitement imo. I loved waiting anxiously at the top of the stairs, trying to sneak a peak if possible, and then charging downstairs to examine my plunder.

Then, we still got to unwrap all the friends/family presents (which don't deserve to be treated like santa gifts), so it's the best of both worlds.

 

[OldGoldBeard]

So you had to run down the stairs/into the room, then figure out which ones were Santa one by one, and then open them up?

No, there was no figuring. WGAF whom they're from?

And seeing a pile of wrapped presents is at least as exciting as seeing them unwrapped unless you're a cretinous lout without an ounce of imagination.

 

[DeacHoops]

So you had to run down the stairs/into the room, then figure out which ones were Santa one by one, and then open them up?

Just kills the initial rush/excitement imo. I loved waiting anxiously at the top of the stairs, trying to sneak a peak if possible, and then charging downstairs to examine my plunder.

Then, we still got to unwrap all the friends/family presents (which don't deserve to be treated like santa gifts), so it's the best of both worlds.

+1

 

[TBDeac]

I dont care whether you are wrapped or unwrapped, we should all agree that wrapping stocking stuffers is overkill.

 

[cookoutdeac]

No, there was no figuring. WGAF whom they're from?

And seeing a pile of wrapped presents is at least as exciting as seeing them unwrapped unless you're a cretinous lout without an ounce of imagination.

No, but I would hate to have the presents I'd given to my siblings lumped in w/ the shit from Santa at the initial rush. There is a good chance you're going to miss them opening yours and seeing their reaction/appreciation for the gift, which sucks.

I dont care whether you are wrapped or unwrapped, we should all agree that wrapping stocking stuffers is overkill.

Absolutely. That's just weird. Wrapped and then put in a stocking??

 

[DeaconCav06]

I dont care whether you are wrapped or unwrapped, we should all agree that wrapping stocking stuffers is overkill.

Some of my best gifts are stocking stuffers. Tickets to the car care bowl. gift certificates. I like my stocking.

 

[lbE08]

santa: unwrapped. family: wrapped.

that said, all of our presents were from santa except those from siblings, aunts/uncles, and grandparents. mom and dad didn't give us kids presents, and that never seemed weird.

 

[RollTheQuad06]

No, but I would hate to have the presents I'd given to my siblings lumped in w/ the shit from Santa at the initial rush. There is a good chance you're going to miss them opening yours and seeing their reaction/appreciation for the gift, which sucks.



Absolutely. That's just weird. Wrapped and then put in a stocking??

That's why only one gift at a time gets opened. Everyone sees everything.

Most years my stocking contained a jar of olives and a clementine. Those were not wrapped. If there was something nice in there, it would probably get wrapped. But if it was like a pack of crayons - not wrapped.

 

[cookoutdeac]

That's why only one gift at a time gets opened. Everyone sees everything.

Most years my stocking contained a jar of olives and a clementine. Those were not wrapped. If there was something nice in there, it would probably get wrapped. But if it was like a pack of crayons - not wrapped.

Yeah, well, we've already decided your family's way was definitely way too boring.

los:

 

[Deacfreak07]

We would open presents from extended family when we were with them (usually during the day on 12/24 or 12/26); siblings and parents on Christmas Eve before bed, Santa gifts Christmas morning (parents didn't really give gifts except via Santa), and others after lunch on Christmas (Dad's coworkers, neighbors, etc.). All events were one at a time, except stockings which were last in a free for all.

 

[RollTheQuad06]

Yeah, well, we've already decided your family's way was definitely way too boring.

los:

:umkc:

 

[Deacfreak07]

There was nothing more amazing than stacking up a pile of wrapped presents that you knew were action figures (Ninja Turtles) or Video games and opening them one after the other.

 

[Harv]

Btw, this thread could use a little Harv.

As a fella of Jewish origin, Ricky didn't celebrate Christmas. Never stopped him from partying with us though. His favorite Reynolda Raider holiday tradition was the "lighting of the tree." Of course, we didn't keep an actual tree, on account that the one time we did experiment with a Christmas tree, Rick's squirrel got all confused and tried to make a nest in it. Ended up making a helluva mess.

What we did have was a 3-foot marble hookah painted up like a birch tree. Each of the hoses was made to resemble a branch. Schilling picked it up from an older Bangladeshi fella at the Pfafftown flea market in exchange for a couple of Foxy's home movies. I'm telling ya, those movies were a shockingly effective currency back in those days. You'd be amazed what you could get for a few tapes of Foxy eating some lucky lady's peach.

Anyway, about the hookah. What a find. Every holiday season, all the Raiders would gather together to "light the tree." That was always a real special occasion. This one time, Flipper loaded her up with some stuff he called Purple Rain. Later understood it to be high-grade grass dunked in embalming fluid Flipper had procured from his family's funeral home. Potent stuff.

Crazy night all around, but the last thing I recall was Foxy accepting a bet from Woodie that Foxy couldn't insert 3 candy canes into his bunghole all the way up to the point where the cane begins to hook. Passed out before I could witness it personally, but apparently Foxy fit the business end of 16 candy canes in his keister. Could have kept going too, but that was all the candy canes we had. It was a goddamn Christmas miracle.

 

[rawarr]

Ask and ye shall receive. Brilliant.

 

[CaptainAwesome]

all i imagine when i think about unwrapped is the kids fighting about which gifts were there like in A Christmas Story when Ralphie and Randy fight over the blimp or truck or whatever it was.

how did you know? separate piles for everyone? was it just obvious which pile was for who?

 

[cookoutdeac]

There was nothing more amazing than stacking up a pile of wrapped presents that you knew were action figures (Ninja Turtles) or Video games and opening them one after the other.

Right, but I got to do this with all the family/friends/parents presents too. Best of both worlds ftw.

It probably does come down to how many total presents you received somewhat, and whether or not parents gave presents separate from the Santa ones (which I'm seeing some people say didn't really happen). In that case the argument can definitely be made for just wrapping everything.

 

[CaptainAwesome]

and a question for those whose parents wrapped santa's gifts...do you parents still tag them as "From Santa" i can't remember the last time my mom wrote "From Santa" on a tag. its been pretty straight forward for what seems like forever now.

 

[Deacfreak07]

As a fella of Jewish origin, Ricky didn't celebrate Christmas. Never stopped him from partying with us though. His favorite Reynolda Raider holiday tradition was the "lighting of the tree." Of course, we didn't keep an actual tree, on account that the one time we did experiment with a Christmas tree, Rick's squirrel got all confused and tried to make a nest in it. Ended up making a helluva mess.

What we did have was a 3-foot marble hookah painted up like a birch tree. Each of the hoses was made to resemble a branch. Schilling picked it up from an older Bangladeshi fella at the Pfafftown flea market in exchange for a couple of Foxy's home movies. I'm telling ya, those movies were a shockingly effective currency back in those days. You'd be amazed what you could get for a few tapes of Foxy eating some lucky lady's peach.

Anyway, about the hookah. What a find. Every holiday season, all the Raiders would gather together to "light the tree." That was always a real special occasion. This one time, Flipper loaded her up with some stuff he called Purple Rain. Later understood it to be high-grade grass dunked in embalming fluid Flipper had procured from his family's funeral home. Potent stuff.

Crazy night all around, but the last thing I recall was Foxy accepting a bet from Woodie that Foxy couldn't insert 3 candy canes into his bunghole all the way up to the point where the cane begins to hook. Passed out before I could witness it personally, but apparently Foxy fit the business end of 16 candy canes in his keister. Could have kept going too, but that was all the candy canes we had. It was a goddamn Christmas miracle.

An angel just got his wings.

 

[cookoutdeac]

all i imagine when i think about unwrapped is the kids fighting about which gifts were there like in A Christmas Story when Ralphie and Randy fight over the blimp or truck or whatever it was.

how did you know? separate piles for everyone? was it just obvious which pile was for who?

Yeah, separate piles. It was fairly obvious, even w/ a twin, because there would usually be one thing in the pile differentiating it from the other (ie, we'd have favorite animals or something and there would be stuffed ones). There was always enough of an age gap after that to pretty easily tell it apart (plus we kind of figured out/had the same established spots for our piles as the years went on).

 

[DeacHoops]

we never left milk out with our cookies. we left diet coke.

haha, i got a neg rep for this saying way too [sic] contribute to childhood obesity.

in my family, santa was an adult. guess that's not true of everybody's family?



edit to correct spelling the way it was in the neg rep