My Favorite Childhood Christmas Memory

Every year on Christmas morning we would go to my Grandma's and everyone would receive gift's. My mom used to take me shopping to help and pick out toys for my girl cousins. I guess she figured I would know what was the "it" toy at the time and so therefore could offer some more insight into what little girl's wanted to open on Christmas morning at Grandma's house.

Well we went to the department store and I was excited to go shopping with my mom because then I could see what Barbie's were out and maybe even talk my mom into getting me an early Christmas present. Well I remember we came across the dolls, the Cabbage Patch and so on and we got to one in particular and she asked me if I thought my cousin would like it; I looked it over and saw that it had dark curly hair and a pudgy face with the dimples most dolls have and I thought to myself "boring" but I replied with such enthusiasm that of course my cousin would like it, she would in fact love it because it was a really cool doll (I figured if we sped the shopping up then we could get on to shopping for me). No Barbie for me that day, I went home empty handed and was quite upset about it.

Christmas morning comes and I open up my presents and what do you know the doll that I had so enthusiastically claimed my cousin would love (the one I found boring) was in fact a present for me. For a tiny moment I was confused and wondered why I ended up with the doll. I took one look at my mother's face and she was smiling so big at me and I realized that she was thinking that she got me something I had really wanted. Because I had showed such emotion and enthusiasm for the doll she really wanted to make me happy and got it for me instead. At that moment of realization I put the look of joy on my face and thanked my mom so much for the doll. That doll became my favorite of all dolls I never went anywhere without it. I truly loved that doll because I knew that it was bought for me out of love.

Sometimes we forget that it is the thought that truly does count. Some presents might seem unlikely ones at first but if you take a moment and see what the gift giver was thinking when purchasing the present you might not only enjoy the thought but you might just come to love it.