Secret Santa

When the girls were small we started drawing names. Just the four of us. It started as a way to cut back on spending for the kids and too many gifts. Your name was supposed to be kept a secret and then a week before Christmas we would do our little gift exchange. They each had to shop. wrap. and keep a secret.

When Abe was three he could recognize his name. Annie put all our names in a basket and we let Abe draw out first. If he did not get HIS name then the rest of us would draw and if we drew our own we would start over but we knew Abe was safe. With only four of us it took plenty of tries before none of us had our own name. The plan was for Aunt Sarah to take Abe shopping for his secret Santa gift.

A few days went by and Aunt Sarah was over. Abe ran up to grab the name he had drawn and Sarah just busted out laughing. Abe had gotten his own name!! How did that happen? Abe could read his name printed. With a capital A and lower case b and e. Annie had written in all capitals and her Capital A was a big circle with a tail. Abe thought it was an O. There are so many things wrong with this story. Like whose name even starts with an O and why didn't the four of us who could read just make sure one of us had Abe?? Good Grief, Charlie Brown!

Last night we had our little secret Santa party. Abe had been so excited ever since he bought his gift over Thanksgiving weekend. He could not wait until Annie came home and we could open a gift! And he didn't have his own name. He had mine!