Comments on: Snoopy Hang On http://aaronhurley.org/2005/12/16/on-snooping-and-gifts/ a blog by me about whatever Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:36:14 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Adam http://aaronhurley.org/2005/12/16/on-snooping-and-gifts/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Adam Tue, 03 Jan 2006 03:59:20 +0000 http://aaronhurley.org/?p=20#comment-92 A fellow snooper! I did the whole spy thing - sliced tape with a razor blade, surgically rewrapped packages, steamed envelopes... it's part of the magic of Christmas, IMNSHO. A fellow snooper! I did the whole spy thing – sliced tape with a razor blade, surgically rewrapped packages, steamed envelopes… it’s part of the magic of Christmas, IMNSHO.

]]> By: Aaron H http://aaronhurley.org/2005/12/16/on-snooping-and-gifts/comment-page-1/#comment-84 Aaron H Sun, 18 Dec 2005 14:32:27 +0000 http://aaronhurley.org/?p=20#comment-84 My mother was a bit of a Martha Stewart type. I'm not sure today I could have unwrapped just one flap on those things and not be found out. That was just farther than I was willing to go. There was the one year when one flap end came up on its own. Yes, I peeked then but that was a higher power at work. What could I do? I don't know what The Best catalog was but I sure hope <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/wishbook/" rel="nofollow">that guy on Flickr</a> has other years of catalogs to scan in. I just loved them so much. My mother was a bit of a Martha Stewart type. I’m not sure today I could have unwrapped just one flap on those things and not be found out. That was just farther than I was willing to go.

There was the one year when one flap end came up on its own. Yes, I peeked then but that was a higher power at work. What could I do?

I don’t know what The Best catalog was but I sure hope that guy on Flickr has other years of catalogs to scan in. I just loved them so much.

]]> By: Abby http://aaronhurley.org/2005/12/16/on-snooping-and-gifts/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Abby Sat, 17 Dec 2005 12:55:39 +0000 http://aaronhurley.org/?p=20#comment-83 I know this may seem amazing, but I never snooped, but OH, how I LOVED that Sears Wishbook. :D I know this may seem amazing, but I never snooped, but OH, how I LOVED that Sears Wishbook. :D

]]> By: Your Pal Emily http://aaronhurley.org/2005/12/16/on-snooping-and-gifts/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Your Pal Emily Sat, 17 Dec 2005 04:57:15 +0000 http://aaronhurley.org/?p=20#comment-82 I'm an unwrapper...I mean, I WAS an unwrapper / rewrapper and that's how I knew each and every gift under the tree. This was a family sport and a few years ago, my brother confessed that when he was 8 years old, he had unwrapped a spirograph toy, played with it, broke it, then rewrapped it and swapped tags with one of our sister's gifts. The Sears Wish Book was my list as well, no surprise there. That is how I got my white plastic turntable, though the Dolly Parton 45 was just a fortuitous extra picked out by my parents. (See why I circled????) p.s. The Best catalog was almost as good. I’m an unwrapper…I mean, I WAS an unwrapper / rewrapper and that’s how I knew each and every gift under the tree.

This was a family sport and a few years ago, my brother confessed that when he was 8 years old, he had unwrapped a spirograph toy, played with it, broke it, then rewrapped it and swapped tags with one of our sister’s gifts.

The Sears Wish Book was my list as well, no surprise there. That is how I got my white plastic turntable, though the Dolly Parton 45 was just a fortuitous extra picked out by my parents. (See why I circled????)

p.s. The Best catalog was almost as good.

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