The Ghost of Christmas Past

About four years ago, I bought John a stopwatch for Christmas. I had it stashed in my closet before wrapping it & that was when I realized that it was somehow set on an alarm which went off every few hours. Every time it did, I went & pushed buttons on it until it silenced. Keywords "every time." Because it happened over & over & over....

Finally, I didn't hear it for a couple of days! Breathing a sigh of relief, I wrapped it up & put it under the tree.

That was when I realized that I hadn't succeeded in turning the alarm off entirely.....

Every few hours for two weeks, I had to tremble & talk loudly so John wouldn't hear his present beeping under the tree. I was glad when it was time to open that package.....

Ah. Good times.