yeah! christmas!

santa = fdq
fdq ornament
fdq's family has a great tradition where he is santa claus. first, he organizes the presents and, then, hands them out one by one to the gift receiver. everyone watches the gift receiver opens the gift with wonder and glee. after all the pictures are taken of the gift with the receiver and the thank-you's/you're welcome's are said, fdq hands out the next gift to a different receiver. it was a little slow for me - i like the tear-through-presents-with-wrapping-pieces-flying approach. but i did find their tradition endearing and it actually did stretch out the gift-opening time from 2 minutes to 2 hours.