But sometimes people do things that make bad days awesome.
My boss came to my desk and handed me a little red envelope. I figure it's my holiday card; last year he gave me a gift card to a nice bookstore.
I take it. And then he raises his hand over the desk divded and plunks a bottle of Hudson Whiskey down on my desk.
Then he plunks another down.
Me: "Holy crap!"
I think I was very loud.
My dad asked me what the best Christmas present I'd ever gotten was. And I had to be honest and say that I thought the toys I loved the most as a kid weren't Christmas presents. And the best Christmas present I remember wasn't mine, but my brother's used Coleco we got when we were in elementary school (My brother wanted an NES, but my parents couldn't afford one, so my aunt gave us her old Coleco.)
The best present I've ever gotten from a friend was the mandolin
I think this is the best Christmas present I've ever gotten that wasn't from my parents. Because apart from being incredibly thoughtful, it was completely unexpected.
Holy crap I have the best boss ever.
How is everyone else's day? What was the best present YOU ever got?
The best Christmas gift I remember was when I was about 7 and got my very own desk. I remember laying in bed that night and hearing "the elves" assemble it in the living room, and it was so exciting to have my own writing space. I used that until I was about 11 and couldn't fit my legs underneath it anymore.
doommy future. X3Because the dealership didn't want it for a trade-in
I dunno about how to decide what present is the best I've ever got, though... there are a few things that stand out in my mind, not because they are big or impressive, but because they signify just how deeply the gifter understood me at the time.
I actually combined my Jem dolls with the furniture, though. I so wanted to be a rock star/that other thing they did when I was that age.
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My Precious Places sets are some of the very few toys I've kept from my childhood because I can't bear to give them away. Hell, if I had some extra money I'd collect the rest on E-Bay.