The Christmas Shopping

Christmas is always a time when I get really really nervous. I enjoy giving gifts to my family and friends but the hardest part about is picking what each of them want.

During the holidays, I just love celebrating and dining with my family. I love them with all my heart. When I was young, I always saw my dad being very enthusiastic about the holidays so i think I got that from him. Being the only boy in the family, and having seven sisters, I have assumed the role as the protective one in the family, that I can attest to. I am also very fortunate that I get to have a career that enables me to take care of my family’s finances too. Being the only brother they have, even though I know that they should all respect me, at times I feel like they don’t look at me as the “father-figure” even if I’m their big brother.

When Christmas comes and I have to make sure that I get all these seven ladies their gifts, I just go crazy. Imagine, seven girls with different personalities! Remembering what each of them like is the hardest task in the world to do. One thing that always happens is when they unwrap some one else’ s gift and they love it more than what they got. In the end, they all come running to me and asking why they did not get what they wanted and the other person did.

To tell you how much this has caused me problems and frustrations, I have bought everything possible for them, from shoes to clothes to even pets but for some reasons, I still never get what they want. And the time of the year is here once again, and I promised myself that I will never repeat any gifts ever again. Every time I ask them what gifts they want, most of them would just say that they don’t know yet. So i managed to think of another way to do this, so I made a suggestion box for them in the living room so that they can just put anything in the box of whatever it is that they want for the Holidays. But no one really put anything in there but “just get whatever you want, we wouldn’t tell.” That made me even more frustrated.

This time around, I just decided that I would just randomly pick things once I see them down the street. Because even if I pick or not pick, they would always be saying something about it either way. So once I started walking, a got a make-up set, a DVD player, a huge mirror, a wall clock, an aquarium, a stuffed toy and a Cartier fake handbag. I gift wrapped ever single one of them and on the day itself, place it underneath our Christmas tree.

This time I did another smart thing, I didnt label the gifts. And I told all seven of them that you could pick and choose from the piled gifts and thats what they did. God! What was I expecting ” a miracle? Noting changed every one reacted the same way as they do every Christmas. Only Kelly was happy with her gift, she was the one to unwrap the Cartier fake handbag.