A Deal With Neighbors in Hiding the Gifts
I think it was my barber who told me several years ago what they used to do, at Christmas time, when their kids were small. He said, “We had the most curious kids in the world. And we knew no matter what we did, they would find the gifts. So, one year, we had a deal with our neighbors. We decided we would keep all the neighbors presents in our closet, and we would give all of our gifts to the neighbors. Naturally the kids would peek, but we acted like we didn’t know about it. And then Christmas Eve, when all the kids were asleep, we swapped and wrapped all the gifts.” And he said, “You should have seen my kids when they looked out in the street and saw bicycles being ridden that they thought they were gonna get for their Christmas!” (Swindoll’s Ultimate Book of Illustrations and Quotes, p. 81).