I can't remember the last time someone wrapped up a gift for my birthday. Perhaps the ex did? Dunno. But certainly when I was a kid it was all about using whatever information was available outside the box/wrapping. Sometimes they were purposely obfuscated, for example a box with a rock in it, oh and a note saying where to go look for the next note, directing one to a third note, and ultimately to the gift itself. One December my mother was out shopping and the pickup truck died, as it happens in front of a Ford dealership, so she traded it in. There was a treasure hunt for my dad under the xmas tree, ending up with a baby blue truck and a big red bow, in the garage. I'm not sure why he hand't happened to go to the garage before that...
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I can't remember the last time someone wrapped up a gift for my birthday. Perhaps the ex did? Dunno. But certainly when I was a kid it was all about using whatever information was available outside the box/wrapping. Sometimes they were purposely obfuscated, for example a box with a rock in it, oh and a note saying where to go look for the next note, directing one to a third note, and ultimately to the gift itself. One December my mother was out shopping and the pickup truck died, as it happens in front of a Ford dealership, so she traded it in. There was a treasure hunt for my dad under the xmas tree, ending up with a baby blue truck and a big red bow, in the garage. I'm not sure why he hand't happened to go to the garage before that...