The Guessing Game

A Christmas tradition Jeff and I have is to give each other a hint about 10 days before Christmas. A slightly revealing, but cleverly worded clue about what the big-ticket gift is. The deal was each of us gets one guess per day until Christmas. If the guess is correct, you have to tell the truth.

I broke that last rule on the very first day we played this little game. Me, lacking the cleverness gene, and Jeff, a brilliant mastermind in all walks of life, led to Jeff correctly guessing his gift on the very first try. My response; "No, absolutely not. That is a ridiculous guess! Wow, you suck at this game!" Do you think it was somewhat obvious he had gotten it right? I'm not sure, to this day, if he knew I was lying. But, I do know that I definitely did not guess his gift correctly.

As I think of the years since that first, I realize that the tradition we have, is really no tradition at all. Since that year, we have always spoken about doing this. However, we never did. So much for tradition!

The good news here is that we reintroducing this tradition into our holiday celebration. Jeff has gone techie with his clue and sent me a visual clue rather than a witty saying.

I was told all of those gifts were for me. I'm looking at the boxes and I absolutely nothing is popping into my head. I picture a tie and books in those packages, and those probably are not gifts that I am getting. So, with that, my guess is that in one of those packages there is a pair of sneakers. I love sneakers and it is a gift that will never disappoint. Other than that, I am lobbying for a clue in words, although I am getting nowhere with that!

My clue to Jeff is, "You can have a little bit of this or a little bit of that, no matter if you are here or there." Jeff took about fifteen minutes to think over what his guess would be to finally secede with no guess. Maybe by tomorrow he will at least take a stab at what it may be. I know that when he opens his gift, he will completely understand the clue and deem me a genius!