Prompt: Describe a favorite gift you’ve received or given.
Tis The Season
I absolutely love Christmastime, and particularly giving presents to loved ones. I always strive to give the most perfect gift, something surprising but absolutely loved by the recipient, who most of the time is my husband, Michael, an eccentric character with Willie Nelson braids, sporting leopard print pants from Nike, and turquoise Air Jordan’s when he’s out walking our Basset Hound Lily in the neighborhood.
Michael will drop hints of what he wants for Christmas, for example this year he said he wanted a “hip sweater with a skull.” I have no idea where that came from, save we have a black dog sweater with a skull and crossbones on it, and maybe my husband wants to match Lily this winter? So off to Google I went, typing in “men’s skull sweater” and lo and behold numerous items popped up.
The selections ranged from a high-end Saks Fifth Avenue number for $1,000 to some truly awful designs hawked on Amazon for $19.99. After scrolling through many pictures of sweaters, I came across a black Kohl’s sweatshirt with a large, grinning white skull on the front, priced at a reasonable $35. It wasn’t a sweater but it honestly looked very cool, in my opinion, so I went ahead and bought it. Fingers crossed my fashionista partner approves.
I remember one Christmas many years back, my husband had asked for a smoking jacket—no, he doesn’t smoke—and I ended up getting him a grey silk paisley robe with matching grey silk pajama pants. He absolutely adores them, so I think there’s a good chance he will like his skull sweatshirt in lieu of a sweater. If he doesn’t like it, it can easily be returned, along with the other gifts I got for him from L.L. Bean. I’m cool with that, heck it’s the thought that counts, right? Right. Happy Holidays, everyone!
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