Don't burn the pearls

I think I speak for both of us when I say we had a good Christmas. I boggled Corey's mind with the gifts I presented to him in his stocking, for the second year in a row. I spend all year building a list of what to give Corey for Christmas, and since we have kids and spend bazillions on them, we only do stockings for each other. Corey got a stamp with his initial and name so that he can stamp ownership on all his paper products, some beard trimmers, a Captain America Mighty Mugg for his desk, a remote control for his Xbox, a Red Sox hat he's been wanting and a remote control helicopter. I got a blue and white china bowl (the stocking sat in it), some pajama pants, a candle, the first season of Army Wives on DVD, a pink external hard drive and some Philosphy shampoos. We got some good loot from the family too, including Will and Grace The Complete Series for me and Guitar Hero World Tour for Corey.


Next year, I am creating Wilson Christmas Bingo. Every year, we do the same things, say the same things, make the same jokes, my dad tells the same 17 stories......You can go here http://print-bingo.com and make your own bingo cards, and then it will shuffle them and generate different cards for each player.


One year, my grandfather Dixie bought my grandmother Nelle some pearls, which were not protectively removed from their box post-opening. When all the garbage was cleared from the living room, the pearls were thrown out with the tissue and wrapping. Their absence wasn't discovered until after the garbage had been taken for burning. So, every year of my life, my dad says "don't burn the pearls" when we're cleaning the living room after gift opening, so we'll all be careful not to throw a present away. So, Dad saying "don't burn the pearls" will be a bingo square. You get the idea.