How a Single Gift Made Our Family Holiday Extra Fun

Finding a good gift idea when you've been married for a while can be harder to come up with. When you've been married a really long time gets even harder.

1988 was our first Christmas.😳

A few years ago, at Christmas time, my husband said what he always says.

“Don't get me anything for Christmas.”

While I agree that we don't have to go crazy, it's nice to open something to join in the festivities, especially when you have kids.

So I wondered what gift idea I could come up with that would be thoughtful and useful while not breaking the bank.

I like to get creative.

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What we came up with was so fun, I wish we could do it every year. Though the fact that it was unique made it so much more enjoyable that I think it would lose its magic if done again.

Maybe, if we did it for someone else.

I came up with the idea of using the song, The 12 Days of Christmas. A few ideas we had when heading to the store, others we found as we browsed the aisles.

Once we purchased everything, we wrapped the gifts and wrote a small number on the underside, so we could hand each one to him in the correct order as we sang.

We actually sang it backward since the gift that was for the first day was the "largest". We did repeat each verse, but we started at 12.

We made sure all of us knew which items went to each "day" and practiced a few times.

We don't normally do corny things here, I think that's why he liked it so much.

Want to try it too?

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These were the gifts woven into the song:

On the 12th day of Christmas, my family gave to me

12 Hershey Kisses

11 Twizzler Bites

10 Cups of Coffee (we love Cumberland's...only 99 cents!)

9 Packs of Popcorn

8 Stretchy Work Gloves

7 Butane Lighters

6 Car Air Fresheners

5 V- Neck Tees

4 Handwarmers

3 Packs of Gum

2 Pairs of Sweatpants

and

1 Shiny New Cell Phone

Most of it was from one shopping trip. I added the Cumberland's Gift Card for $10. And the first item bought was a phone from a Black Friday deal for $24. In total, I spent about $75.

Dorky, I know, but how did it go over? .... Awesome!

How do I know?

Because my husband is the least dorky person I know, and he liked it so much, he was telling everyone about it.

Perfect for kids to sing to grandparents.

Try it out and let me know.