Admit it, when you were little and knew there wasn’t really a huge fat man dressed in red delivering your presents during the night, you would snoop for your gifts! I grew up in an apartment and there wasn’t a lot of room for big boxes. The closet in my parents room wasn’t always closed, but during Christmas time, you bet your ass that door was closed. So much for being inconspicuous mom and dad.
I couldn’t wait until the first chance I got to go snooping. It would usually be on the weekends when my dad was at work and my dad was at work. I study exactly how I was sitting before I got up to make sure I was in the same exact position when I got back into the living room so when my mom got out of the shower, she wouldn’t be suspicious.
Even though I knew some of the gifts, I was still surprised. I loved Christmas when I was younger and it is still my favorite holiday. My mom is a world class wrapper, so if some of the presents I found were wrapped up, there was no way I could un-wrap them and wrap them back up without her noticing I messed with it. My friend Jen on the other hand:
I asked some of my fellow DAPs members to share their stories with me. Jackie from JaneBlow (SexpertJaneBlow) told me: “I use to be the one that would find out what other people in my family wanted for Christmas and used to take me shopping with her. I found out when I was 6 that Santa = Mom. I didn’t want to hurt my mom’s feelings or ruin it for the other kids in my family so it became a game to pretend he was real. I never had to go hunting because I knew where all the presents were hidden. The only place big enough to fit all the presents in my house were in the attic or my mom’s walk-in closet. Call me crazy, but I liked being surprised so I didn’t snoop. I always made VERY specific letters to Santa, the she still insists to this day, so when she went to the stores without me she could find anything on my top ten.”
My friend Jennifer Hope told me, “My mom used to hide all our Christmas presents in the closet. One year when I found the stash, I asked her why all of those were there. She told me that Santa has so many presents for all the good boys and girls, so they won’t get mixed up in his sleigh, he asks the children’s parents to keep them safe for him. The big bag that Santa carries around is filled with wrapping paper so he can wrap the gifts when he get to the houses. After all that wrapping, Santa needs a snack, so that’s why we leave him cookies and milk. Let’s just say I believed her until January when I found my birthday presents in the same spot. She had no answer for that one.”
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