Hiding Christmas Presents

[auld argonian]

My daughter got home from college today and I had to rush to hide one of her Christmas presents. I was stuck for a place to hide it but had one of those eureka moments and though that I would share it with all of you parents..

...using flawless logic, I hid it in the cabinet where we keep the extra rolls of toilet paper...because, as any parent knows, your kids have NO IDEA WHERE the T.P is and we have to go get replacement rolls whenever it runs out!

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AA

[BoldHighlander]

Now isn't that the truth!!!

[CDNSushi]

...using flawless logic, I hid it in the cabinet where we keep the extra rolls of toilet paper...

Anyone ever lose a present that way? By hiding it TOO well? As in... You're cleaning out the hall closet and you come across an unopened toy in a box and you realize: "Oh, crap! I hid that gift to give to my kid for Christmas.... 10 years ago!!! " (Just a silly, random thought I had as I was reading the thread)...

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My daughter got home from college today and I had to rush to hide one of her Christmas presents. I was stuck for a place to hide it but had one of those eureka moments and though that I would share it with all of you parents..

...using flawless logic, I hid it in the cabinet where we keep the extra rolls of toilet paper...because, as any parent knows, your kids have NO IDEA WHERE the T.P is and we have to go get replacement rolls whenever it runs out!

Best

AA

So, just how long have you been watching my house?

[EagleJCS]

Anyone ever lose a present that way? By hiding it TOO well? As in... You're cleaning out the hall closet and you come across an unopened toy in a box and you realize: "Oh, crap! I hid that gift to give to my kid for Christmas.... 10 years ago!!! " (Just a silly, random thought I had as I was reading the thread)...

I've lost normal everyday things that way, much less presents. I've just recently done this with a replacement pack for my electric razor.

"I'll put this here so I'll be able to find it when I need it. It makes sense to put it here because this is where I normally look first for replacements(/parts/whatever, or store the item) anyway."

... three/six/ x number of months later ...

"Now where did I put that thing!?!? I thought I put it in a safe, logical place so I wouldn't forget it!?!"

[Piper]

Anyone ever lose a present that way? By hiding it TOO well? As in... You're cleaning out the hall closet and you come across an unopened toy in a box and you realize: "Oh, crap! I hid that gift to give to my kid for Christmas.... 10 years ago!!! " (Just a silly, random thought I had as I was reading the thread)...

Happens at my house all the time. Kids are all grown and gone, youngest grandkid is 6, so my wife and I have scaled back the Christmas decorations a bit. Went to a pre-lit artificial tree a couple of years back. This year our son and his family are moving over the holidays, and are spending Christmas with us. In honor of the occasion, all stops have been pulled out as far as decorating goes. We have a 10' tall, very full, fresh cut tree in the front room, and numerous boxes of decorations have been pulled out of "retirement". My wife found several gifts and decorations that she's picked up over the years, and put away so well she couldn't find them. The crowning moment was when she came across 3 gifts she had bought for our children back in 1986. Since they'll all be here this year, we can give them out now. Only 24 years late.

[jgcunningham]

We've been putting a bunch of our things into storage the past few weeks. We've found a birthday present for my mother from last year, a pocketknife (still in the box) I bought my son 2 years ago, and two presents that are wrapped with no tag to let us know who we bought them for. Even worse, I still couldn't remember who they were for after I opened them up. So a few family members will be getting some (kind of) recycled presents this Christmas.

[Bill aka Mole]

Similar things have occurred in my home like this as well: I'm still looking for the title for a motorcycle I have. Now for the interesting question: If things like this happen to us now, what will happen if/when something serious like Alzhiemers disease kicks in? Makes you wonder/worry, doesn't it!

[BoldHighlander]

Anyone ever lose a present that way? By hiding it TOO well? As in... You're cleaning out the hall closet and you come across an unopened toy in a box and you realize: "Oh, crap! I hid that gift to give to my kid for Christmas.... 10 years ago!!! " (Just a silly, random thought I had as I was reading the thread)...

Still happens to my Mom all these years later

[Pleater]

As you get older you just stop worrying about such things, and if the little gray cells do fail, it is other people who are bothered by it, believe me.

Another good place to hide things is wherever you put the vacuum cleaner, another location not visited by the offspring.

Anne the Pleater :ootd: