Hiding Christmas Presents

[Lallans]

Apropos to hiding, and also to riding, brooms, did I see a news item on Christmas Eve that said that Swedes have a tradition of hiding brooms overnight on the 24th so that witches can't use them to ride around the neighbourhood? This is an unsuspected hazard, if so.

[Jack Daw]

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)...

Yes, because I buy little gifts here and there throughout the year for certain friends and family. I put them away, and then when the big day approaches, I can't find them anywhere until it's too late.

[Standard]

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

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

[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!

[Lyle1]

My wife and I do well with gifts that we buy for other people, or things that we buy because they would make a good gift for someone. Those gifts go in an old chest, sometimes with sticky notes attached to remind us that the item is intended for a particular person. Gifts we buy for and hide from one another do sometimes get lost and/or forgotten, but once found they are simply given for the next occasion.

[Sealark]

I'm still waiting to receive a present that my parents bought me when I went to college in the seventies, 32 years later and I still haven't received it.

[Lallans]

Referring back to the OP when a kid knows presents are in the house, that kid is gonna find them if he or she wants to. My parents thought they had an unbeatable sustem at one point because they would lock items in a special room in the basement. But they were chagrined 25 years later when they found out from me that the pins could be taken out of that room's door hinges...

[Redhawk]

I used the neighbor's house while the kids were growing up... My neighbor used my shed. Our kids were confused for a few years till they caught on.