Categories: random
Date: 22 December 2006 14:35:49
So, I'm flying down south on Sunday (Christmas Eve) to spend Christmas Day with my parents. I've wrapped their presents, and have received a few for me (from my SoF secret santa, and from my sister in Germany) which I want to take with me so that I have a couple of other presents to open on the morning.
Imagine my joy then, when I read on the SoF Secret Santa thread that airlines are saying that Christmas presents cannot go into the hold wrapped. I checked on the orange plane (as my niece calls them - guess the budget airline) website and, indeed, all presents have to go through unwrapped. I am SO CROSS!!!! I can cope with unwrapping mum and dad's presents and rewrapping them when I arrive, as the surprise isn't spoilt for them. But I don't want to open my own presents early - even as a young kid, although I loved sneaking into my parents' bedroom to look at those enticingly wrapped presents, I was never tempted to open even one early as the anticipation of opening them all in one massive present-opening splurge on Christmas morning was too great. Where's the fun of opening presents on Christmas morning already knowing what all of them are? I realise for practical purposes that sometimes it's inevitable that you already know what your gift is, like my present from HD which I chose, and which I'm not going to get till later in the week anyway when I see him. But those couple of presents from abroad are sitting here, enticingly wrapped, and are really adding to my anticipation of Christmas (yes, I know, I'm a big kid, so sue me). Thanks to this silly rule, I've either got to open them early, on my own before I leave, or wait till I get back home in the New Year when Christmas is all over and all the magic has gone.
I just cannot understand the point of this unwrapped present rule. Luggage is subject to X-rays which can see through thick suitcases, piles of clothes, and lots of other stuff. So how come they can't see through a layer of cheap paper? It's so stupid, I can't believe how wound up it's got me. Grrrr. Proof, if ever it was needed, that the Grinch really has stolen Christmas.