Present Perfect
An early Christmas present for my cousin
Seeing a kid’s expression while she’s opening a present is priceless. When I hit the holiday doldrums, I just think of my cousin’s giggles and I’m back to my cheery mood.
I used to wait till Christmas Eve to open my gifts, but for this year I’ve been opening my presents as soon as I got home. Eep! It looks like I won’t pass the marshmallow test.
How about you? Do you wait till Christmas Eve to open your presents? Or do you rip the wrapper up as soon as you get your gift?
December 20th, 2005 at 3:34 pm
I usually wait until the day AFTER Christmas to open for the simple fact that I hate making a mess and opening in front of others. Also, if I know it’s edible goodies that gets opened first!
December 20th, 2005 at 3:42 pm
mare: You’re the 1st person I know who waits till after christmas to open presents!
December 20th, 2005 at 4:03 pm
awww… she looks so excited!
December 20th, 2005 at 4:10 pm
AnP: Hehehe oo nga eh! I love her expression!
December 20th, 2005 at 10:19 pm
I try to encourage my kids to wait till Christmas day (usually after lunch) before they open their gifts… parang tradition na namin. Although if we had dinner with friends and say they received 2-4 gifts each, I will allow them to choose 1 gift to open.
December 20th, 2005 at 10:43 pm
since am kidless.. once its given to me Id rather open it in front of the giver haha I dont have a tree anyway
December 20th, 2005 at 11:46 pm
yeah…I usually wait till the eve before I open my gift.
But ofcourse there is always an exemption to this. last year, I sneaked under the tree ( guess it was the 21st) and open Dj gift for me. I opened it carefully, I dont want to tear any part of the wrapper, I dont want hubby to suspect
then I wrapped it all again neatly, teehee… 
p.s I’ll email the recipe to you later
December 21st, 2005 at 2:19 am
I would open it right away kasi the best gift i can give in return is a very BIG HAPPY SMILE a Hug will also do.
December 21st, 2005 at 10:13 am
Jo: That’s a nice tradition! Our family tradition naman is to open all presents on the eve.
sha : I don’t have a tree either.
No space at home!
jeanny : Oh you’re sneaky! Hahaha! D never found out?!
jing : Awww, sweet!
December 21st, 2005 at 12:06 pm
nope he didn’t
December 21st, 2005 at 8:11 pm
jeanny: Galing mo!
December 21st, 2005 at 10:30 pm
ang sarap naman niyang mag-open ng gift…siguro kilig na kilig naman yung nagbigay
December 22nd, 2005 at 5:59 pm
i wait for the right time!
i can always delay my gratification talaga…kasi ako naman, i want to be gratified fully 
anyway, this is a wonderful picture sis… keep it… and give her a copy someday….like 15 years from now… when things like delight could easily be lost already…
remind her… to treat what could be as gifts waiting for her to open
December 22nd, 2005 at 7:21 pm
justice: Hehehe
Kilig nga ako!
mec: That’s a great idea! Thanks!