My Mysterious Package

A Mysterious Package

On Saturday, December 23rd a mysterious package showed up at our door. I was doing some last-minute Christmas shopping and came home to find this huge box on my front doorstep. It had my name on the package with no return address on the label. It was in a beautiful shiny wrapping with a huge red and gold bow at the top. I was curious about the package but couldn’t open it up because it goes against our Christmas tradition. So, I placed the present under my tree along with all the other presents. It was not a usual Christmas for us because we were recovering from a house fire the year before. There were not as many presents under our tree this year, so I tried to make the best out of a bad situation.

While I was trying to get all those last-minute things done so close to the holidays, my curiosity was getting the best of me. I wanted to find out who the mysterious present was from, so I began calling and texting all my friends. I also started calling and texting my family members because I was convinced that someone was playing a prank on me. No one admitted to sending the package and no one seemed to know anything about it. But because of our tradition, I wouldn’t dare open it before Christmas Day.

I continued to clean up my house so it would be ready for Santa’s visit on Christmas Eve. My son and I also made cookies for Santa and desserts to take to my parents’ house on Christmas Eve.

Finally, it was Christmas Eve. Our house was clean, and we were getting ready to eat with my parents. We went to my parents’ house and enjoyed our fellowship with our family. We were discussing our traditions and excitement during this special holiday season. Even though, we had suffered severe financial losses and losses of personal and sentimental belongings we had also been blessed with so much this year!

However, my mind kept wondering back to the package on my front porch. I couldn’t get over the feeling that the package was from someone in my family even though they tried to deny it. I mean people in our world don’t give anything away for free. There’s always a catch and I wanted to know what it was. But I tried to refocus my brain on the here and now and not think too much about the mysterious package from an unknown giver. I kept reminding myself to just enjoy my time with my family and especially my son.

Before it got too late, my son and I left and went back to our house so we could get ready for Santa’s visit. We set out the cookies and milk for Santa and the carrots for the reindeer like we did year after year. Also, we read our usual Christmas book “Twas The Night Before Christmas” and then we put on our pajamas and got ready for bed. My son was too excited to sleep. He wanted to keep getting up every time he heard something outside. I had to get up with him a few times and coax him into going back to sleep. Finally, we both fell fast asleep.

During the night, I dreamt about the present for me that showed up at my door from some mystery gift giver. What if it had something dangerous in it that would hurt me or my son? What if it had something that we needed like gift cards to our favorite shops? I tossed and turned in my sleep wondering what that mysterious package could possibly contain. Would it be the miracle we had been looking for? Maybe it was something magical that would whisk us away to the North Pole like the Polar Express. Or maybe it was plane tickets to tour Europe, a dream that I had for a long time. Finally, my brain slowed down its thoughts and I fell into a deep sleep.

My son woke us up early on Christmas morning. He was so excited to see what all Santa had left for him this year. I was still tired, but I woke up so my son could see all his gifts. There’s nothing like the wonder of a child on Christmas morning. We walked to the living room together to see all the Christmas gifts. He had a telescope, a remote-controlled car, a remote-controlled helicopter, a Nerf gun with darts, a dart board, and several video games. Then we began to look under the tree for our other presents. My son opened all his presents first. He received clothes, socks, boots, and a few other toys to play with. Then I began to open the few presents I had under the tree. I received gift cards, a few clothes, a new warm winter hat and scarf, and some new gloves. The only present left under the tree was the one from our mysterious giver. I picked up the present and shook it. I didn’t recognize anything from the sound it made. So then like a kid in a candy store, I began to tear the wrapping. Inside the present was another smaller present. I was more curious than ever now! I opened the present to find an even smaller present inside. The suspense was killing me! Again, I tore open the present and found an unusual key with a small note attached to it. The note said, “go outside and look in your driveway”. I walked outside with my son and in the driveway was a brand, new white Lexus Lx 600 SUV. On top of it was a huge red bow. We ran outside and walked all around the SUV. I saw a label on the red bow that said, “From Santa”.

I was in shock! I knew that I couldn’t afford this gift and no one else I knew would be kind enough to buy me a brand-new vehicle. Did this gift really come from Santa? How did he know I needed a new vehicle? Is Santa a real person? Is there such a place as the North Pole?

Maybe I will never know………