Winter Blast

Merry Christmas/Enjoy your Monday to one and all! I got fun books, more stylish clothes than I'd consider for myself (and socks that derive the Einsteinian mass-energy equivalence,) and Explorers of Ixalan, but the real gift was seeing everyone else's reactions to what I got them. I only started giving gifts a few years ago, and there's a great deal of joy in seeing that you got something they were hoping for, or didn't even know they wanted. As I write this, my mother and sister are reading their gift while my sister-in-law is wearing hers. (My family borders on Sparkle levels of bibliophilia.)

Here's hoping everyone spends the day with those they love, or at least happy.

Comments

[Axis of Rotation]

Giving gifts is what made Christmas meaningful for me again. The best part is making them as annoying as all get-out to unwrap. :D Merry Christmas!

[Georg]

Buks! Buks! Buks!

[Lurks-no-More]

Books are always good!
Also, Merry Christmas to you and your folks!

[DannyJ]

Merry Christmas, FOME.

[Sketcha-Holic]

Merry Christmas to you, too!

[iisaw]

Your family might appreciate this: Jólabókaflóð

[Bugsydor]

Merry Christmas! Also, your family sounds adorable.

I, for one, am ridiculously happy that my older sister is loving the Hiveswap I sent her. It's wonderful when a calculated risk pays off.

[Willow Wren]

Merry Christmas and Happy Hearth's Warming!

[Cutest Boxer Puppy Ever]

Merry Christmas!

[Frustration in Excelsis]

I only started giving gifts a few years ago, and there's a great deal of joy in seeing that you got something they were hoping for, or didn't even know they wanted.

Oh, absolutely! This was actually the very first time I got gifts for other people, and seeing my mom and sister's reactions when they unpacked their gifts was the best part of the whole event!

[Phil Srobeighn]

Fun Christmas story / bragging about having an awesome spouse: I had to explain to my parents why I was crying when I opened the booster box of Unstable my wife got for me. It's the first booster box either of us have bought since we became homeowners.

[Maran]

I'm glad you had a great Christmas! I was most proud of what I gave my brothers this year because they're always the hardest for me to buy for. I gave my youngest brother earbuds with a carrying case and my middle brother Unicorn darts (it makes sense to name darts after something that has a pointy end). They both really liked their gifts.