My favorite Christmas gift ever? Easy as pie.
Does anyone remember those silly Magic Nursery baby dolls that were big back in the late eighties, early nineties? I wanted one just oh-so-bad when I was 5. Had to have one. Didn't think I was getting one cause we were dirt poor.
Well, the coolest thing about them was that you didn't know if the baby doll was a boy or a girl until you soaked the baby pack in water and got the birth certificate out (it and the whole "It's a girl!" badges and stuff were all in a plastic baggie inside the baby pack.)
On Christmas, I started opening gifts and the last one was a Magic Nursery baby. I actually cried I was so happy. I just had to know if my baby was a boy or a girl, so I ran and soaked the baby pack and got the birth certificate out. Inside it, on the "It's a girl!" declaration thing, it also had a form to fill out. My baby was a twin! My moms filled it out and mailed it off and a month later, I had my other baby girl. I named them Elizabeth and Kelli. I think it's actually the only time I've gotten the one thing I wanted most for Christmas.
As an adult, though--I think my best gift is seeing my kids get the things they wanted. I usually didn't as a kid and seeing them open the very things they asked for just makes me happy.
They don't always get
everything they ask for, but they get most of what they want. Their expressions are just magical.