The Buckets by Greg Cravens for December 22, 2021

just ask the kids i am sure they already found the hiding spot

“Hey Toby! Remember how I told you to tidy up when you rummage through something? Did you go through the presents or was that Eddie?” – Toby is a terrible liar.

If he did snoop through the presents make him bring them into the living room under the tree. And make him responsible for their untouchedness as repent.

If he rats out Eddie, make Eddie do that task.

If neither was successful make it a competitive hunt between the two.

One year I lost a gift but I found one from the previous year. Law of conservation of gifts, I guess.

My parents found a gift for me, in JULY!!! It was some article of winter/cold weather apparel & I’d already out-grown it, in July, so, there was no way it ever was going to work when cold weather arrived again.

I think it was the dryer.

Try the cleaning closet.

My granddaughter is getting a stuffed animal purchased for Christmas 2020. I just found it.

She looks a lot younger than me, so her forgetfulness would be scary.

yep – too close for comfort

So instead of an Easter egg, you’’ll have Christmas present hunt.

So narrow the places to look to places they would never find them. How about the laundry room.

Been there!

Last year I ordered some very nice wrapping paper for my presents to my wife. I know it was delivered, I remember thinking how pretty and high quality it was. and then I put it in a safe place until wrapping day. One year later it is still in this unknown ‘safe place’ and her presents have been wrapped in basic paper.

My Sniglets book defines Camelost as something you put in a safe place so you wouldn’t lose it.

They need to take a page from Linus van Pelt; his confusion about holidays caused him to expect the Great Pumpkin to bring treats on Halloween. So the Buckets are going to have to invent a new tradition, the Christmas Present Hunt, a few months in advance of the usual Easter Egg Hunt.