12 Gifts of Christmas (Cows, Donkeys, and Robots Included)

Gifts are about the thoughtfulness of the gesture, and shouldn’t be compared by quality. That is, unless you really need to write a blog post and all you can think about are recent gift exchanges.

(A common loophole.)

So here are the twelve best gifts I encountered (as giver or givee) this Christmas.

(Or at least the ones that I have cute photos of.)

(Sorry, rather intriguing strategy board game.)

Skye made Sharon and me these Christmas wreaths.

She got the idea from Pinterest.

As I’ve yet to make a single pinned item, I’m quite impressed.

Yet, sadly, still quite lazy.

Sharon got me this cow oven mitt.

For obvious reasons.

Cooking is going to involve a bit more mooing from now on.

(And isn’t that the American way?)

Skye got my mom this Joy to the World sign.

I love it, as I’ve recently discovered my leanings toward banners.

My Things To Do If I Ever Stop Being Lazy And Ever Get Caught Up On Sleep list includes make banners for every life occasion.

Birthday banner, New Year’s Eve banner, Intervention banner – the possibilities are exciting and endless.

Dan (Sharon’s husband) got these army men at Robby’s Christmas Party gift exchange.

It’s the tank that really brings it all together.

And being dropped on the floor helps too.

(Surprisingly, I was in no way responsible for said accident, or any of the tiny army men casualties than may have resulted.)

(They’re soldiers, they knew what they were in for.)

(Step one of owning toy soldiers – have no pity.)

(Playtime is, as always, a very serious endeavor.)

For Christmas this year, I got Dan a Pastasaurus.

(Get it?)

(‘Cause it’s for pasta.)

(But named like a dinosaur.)

(Oh yeah, you get it.)

Sharon unwrapped it because that’s what happens when you choose sleeping in over our yearly Christmas gift exchange – we open your presents.

(We’re a tough crowd.)

These are table leg covers I gave my mom.

‘Cause I’m a sucker for a table masquerading as a woodland creature, as you all know.

Fa la la la la indeed.

This apron, and its adorableness, needs no explanation.

What, did you think we’d finished the cow presents?

‘Cause a cow present party don’t stop.

On a related note, Sharon’s family is from Wisconsin and we long ago decided I was going to marry one of her cousins so we could be family and also so I could spend some quality time with their cows.

(Always important to plan ahead for cow interaction.)

(Never know when we might have a cow scarcity.)

(Perish the thought.)

(Also? I’m fairly certain there is absolutely nothing to my right and that’s just how I posed for the photo.)

(I have no explanation.)

Now we’ve come to the Christmas classics – a Chia pet of Donkey from Shrek.

If you think this is a strange gift, you don’t know just how much my grandma loves Donkey from Shrek.

(It’s a lot.)

Some of you might fear filling your Christmas tree with robot ornaments, in case of the inevitable uprising.

That’s just silly.

Everybody knows the best time for uprisings is the spring.

(Duh.)

Books are always the perfect gift.

Though you must suit them to the recipient.

(Interesting fact, I spent the first twenty-three years of my life believing my dad’s favorite sport to be baseball.)

(Turns out, it’s basketball.)

(Baseball is my favorite sport.)

(Not sure what that says about me.)

(And don’t be weirded out by my dad’s expression, he never smiles in photos.)

(He takes portraiture very seriously.)

(Or just wasn’t thrilled with my present.)

(Definitely one of those.)

My previous apron is Halloween themed.

Which, while fabulous, leaves a whole eleven months un-aproned.

Thankfully, we can now reduce that number to ten.

Still haven’t gotten my private island

But there’s always next year,

Megan

12 Gifts of Christmas (Cows, Donkeys, and Robots Included)

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