Normally, I have all of my Christmas shopping done well before Christmas Eve, but Chris threw a wrench in my planning. We had planned to give Amy my 3rd Generation iPod for Christmas as her Santa gift and then replace mine with a 4th Generation. The 3G was like new and with some reformatting and new "skins", Amy didn't know until I opened my new iPod, that hers had once been mine. Chris had some crazy notion that Kristen would figure out that it was a hand-me-down and that it couldn't be from Santa Claus. We weren't sure how to pull the exchange off without dashing Kristen's Christmas fantasy. That was on Christmas Eve Eve. But what do we get for Amy that was Santa worthy that didn't require a big $$$ payout at this late date?
To say that Amy wasn't disappointed when she saw her
headphones from Santa on Christmas morning would be lying. However, Chris attached a note that seemed to appease her:
Dear Amy,
Your parents asked me not to go overboard on your gift this year because they have something special planned for you.
Love,
Santa
Kristen didn't care that Amy got a pair of headphones, she was just busy taking pictures with her new Kidizoom digital camera. And...when I opened my new iPod, the first words out of Kristen's mouth were, "Can I have your old one?" Yes, she would have figured it out.
Chris wrapped Amy's iPod in a huge box and kept teasing her that it was a pony. She was just a little bit thrilled when she opened the box.
