The Worst Christmas Present Ever

It was Christmas morning at six o’clock. My heart was pounding in excitement as I wandered into my parent s room. Our dog Baby greeted me at the doorway. Their room was nice and cozy. Climbing onto my parent’s bed, I woke my dad up.

“Mommy, mommy wake up!” I practically shouted with excitement. Mom looked up at me like I was crazy.

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Grammy and Uncle Adam came walking through the doorway to the living room. Uncle Adam sat down on the couch taking up a good chunk of the seat. Grammy sat at the other end of the couch. Mom sat on the floor taking pictures of us, and dad sat in the “Chair.” I started to dig into my presents. My breath stopped short and my heart started to beat on triple time. I saw the one present I was looking for. “There it was! The Queen of all presents! The one I’ve been dreaming of cense Easter!” I thought as I stared at the American Girl box. I started to get red faced from holding my breath so long. I started to grab the box when my mom said, “wait to open that box last.” Instead she handed me the same shaped box, but with different wrapping paper. Shredding open the wrapping paper and ripping open the lid of the box I saw to my disappointment, underwear.  Pink, flowered, underwear. My face crumbled. I caught my crumbling face just in time before anyone saw it. Or so I thought I did. Mom, dad, grammy, and uncle Adam started laughing like they knew a joke and didn’t include me in on.

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I was on the last of my gifts from everyone. This was the one mom had told me to leave for last. “Is this an American Girl doll? It’s the same shape of box as both the underwear had come in and the American Girl Dolls come in. Or it could just be more underwear.” I though as I peeled the wrapping paper off of the box. Taking the lid off I saw Elizabeth. “Oh My Gosh!!!!! It’s ELIZABETH!”  I thought. I started to take Elizabeth out of the box. Jumping up and down I thanked everyone. My squeals filled the air making my mom clench her jaw.