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12-9 Tell us a Funny Story from Christmas Past
I'll start us off.
My grandma was a prankster.
I was about 7-8 years old, and for WEEKS up until Christmas, my mom and grandma would go ON and ON about my dad's BIG PRESENT. I was more excited to see HIS big present than I was to see my own!!! I was so happy and excited for him!
We opened all our gifts on Christmas Eve, and all the presents had been opened and someone asked 'Oh, where's Bob's BIG PRESENT?"
My grandma said "OH my goodness! In all the excitement of getting things ready I must have left it upstairs, I'll be right back with it Bob."
So she runs upstairs and appears back at the top of the stairs with a BEAUTIFUL package. Perfectly wrapped, gorgous handmade bow. It was a vision and all the anticipation for "Bob's big gift" reached a new height.
Then, in a split second, grandma got wobbly... she let go of the package, and grabbed onto the handrail... and down rolled the package, all the way down the stairs, with glass shattering as it hit every step.
In about 1.2 seconds I was BAWLING. I was SOOOO upset that Daddy's "Big present" got broken, I was crying so hard I could hardly breathe!
Well, the egg was on Grandma's face and she felt terrible. It was just one of her pranks, and dad's "big gift" was cash. Before she wrapped it she took and broke some old mason jars and put down in the box so she could make a dramatic entrance with his gift!!!!
From there-on-out, I was always notified when Grandma was playing a prank on someone haha.
Re: 12-9 Tell us a Funny Story from Christmas Past
lol! My dad and I did just about the exact same thing to my mom. We bought her a gift certificate to a spa in Hot Springs, AR (we lived in Little Rock at the time). We had a huge box from when we got something big (I think it was a dryer or something like that). We put bricks in the bottom to make it feel heavy. Nothing but a gift certificate.
Here's my story from last year. It probably makes me sound like the biggest spoiled brat ever. My husband and I were in Pigeon Forge with some friends. We were in the Coach outlet and I saw a beautiful purse that was a great deal. I think it was $80 for a purse originally priced $350. Well I really wanted this purse. My husband acted like he didn't get it for me. I actually started crying when we left because it was such an insanely good deal, and I really liked it and I had both my birthday and Christmas coming. Yeah I know, it makes me sound like a spoiled brat because I started crying because I didn't get a purse.
Christmas morning comes and the last present I open was that purse. Turns out my husband gave his friend the money to go buy it for him. I had no clue. My husband gives me such hell about it because the whole time I was overreacting the purse was sitting less than a foot from me.
That's so cute!!! I remember playing atari in the mid-80's. So much fun. Kaboom! was my favorite.
Ok, I was super busy yesterday and didn't have time to post.
My story is when I was in 2nd grade (or some where around there). I had just gotten a bike for Christmas and I wnet out to ride it. We lived next to a huge hill and I was riding down it. Well, it was snowy and I couldn't stop as my uncle pulled into the ally way and was coming up toward me. My bike slammed into his car. I was fine but it was scary and funny.