2nd Awesome of Christmas

2nd awesome of Christmas: that 70’s box.

My mom has this decorative box that doesn’t need to be wrapped, and I’m pretty positive that she’s been using it since about 1973. It’s like gold foil with holly berries & poinsettias all over it. Now, it’s important to understand, my parents never started wrapping presents until my brother and I went to bed on Christmas Eve. Even when I was like 16, my parents would try to shove me into bed at 10:00 so they could wrap presents. I think that’s the reason I got a computer in my room, so I would just go in my room willingly at 10. So, anyways…when I was younger, and my parents were tired of wrapping lego’s & jeans..the last sweater unwrapped got shoved into that 70’s box.

However, this box now serves a greater purpose, and no…not a picture present. This box no longer holds just any sweater. This box is now reserved for the present my mom bought for herself. Yeah, you read it right..the present she buys for herself. My mom decides that she should reward herself for not killing anyone, or maiming any children during the holidays and buys herself a gift. She then proceeds to wrap it in a very ugly box.