Christmas Joy!

Malls filled with shoppers, great deals everywhere and Santa's home temporarily at the end of the mall right in front of JCPenny. It must be Christmas time for sure yes? As the song says it's the most wonderful time of the year indeed. It is also one of the best times of the year to pull of some of the best pranks that will be remembered for years to come, and some of them will no doubt be passed down the family tree each holiday season.

Let's see, what are some of my favorite pranks to pull this time of the year.

I'll start with the ceremonial lighting of the outdoor Christmas decorations. One of the things I like to do is find the strings my dad uses each year and strategically twist out one or two of them. This creates for the rest of the family quite a show as we watch dad curse and fume after hours of climbing up and down the ladder to get them put up. You might think it cruel, we just look at it as another holiday show we get to watch.

The old box in a box. Every year I get someone with this timeless little gag. The joy it gives me is multiplied each year as I find ways to pack as many boxes inside one another as i possibly can. The result is a very frustrated reciever of my gift and laughs all around the living room with each successive box opened that led another. The best was the year I packed a quarter inside 13 boxes. The look on my kid brothers face was worth way more than that quarter.

Finally, I'll share with you the best prank of them all. Again, you might find this a bit unkind but I get a kick out of it every year.

I switch presents.

I'll wait until everyone goes to bed and then grab a load of gifts and switch the tags. Since I almost always help my mother wrap the gifts I know which ones to shift for the biggest laughs on Christmas morning. Best ever? My little brother excitedly ripped through the wrapping paper of what he was sure was a electronic drum set he wanted and found an Easy Bake Oven!