Christmas Presence

The weekend after Thanksgiving, my parents always had me make a list of the people to whom I wanted to give Christmas presents, which then would magically appear under the tree with my name scribbled proudly in the "from" section of the gift tags. (My input into the actual gifts was saved for a later age after I cried for a full day because I couldn't give everyone on my list clouds and pickles — my two favorite things at the time.)