This man I was going with asked me for my finger measurements. I thought he was going to buy me a ring for Christmas, but he gave me a bowling ball.
I felt like I had just double-tapped Santa.
My sister-in-law found a real surprise in her stockings - my brother.
I bought my wife Leighanne a silver BMW Z8 sports car one Christmas and tied it up with a big red bow in the driveway of our house.
I think that it's fun to get the script and open it like a Christmas present. That's 'Alcatraz' or anything that I'm working on. If the groundwork has been laid too much, the surprises aren't there.
I got a .30-30 for Christmas in the seventh grade. It wasn't what I asked for, by the way.
I wanted an electric train for Christmas but I got the saxophone instead.
In 2014, as a Christmas gift, I wrote an essay for my husband, about our story. Writing that showed me there was value in interrogating my experiences while they were fresh - especially because I was terrified of forgetting.
My father has developed a tradition of surprising us at some point by appearing in fancy dress. He buys a new costume each year and typically gets carried away. A couple of Christmases ago he appeared in an inflatable sumo outfit. It's endearing, really, and only quite embarrassing.
It's for the hamster that I'm gonna buy! This is so perfect! (after opening a hamster wheel at Christmas)
No matter what type of Christmas you have, if you woke up and you seen a bike there, you remember it.
