My 2009 Christmas haul

My wife is the best gift giver ever, and particularly the best stocking stuffer of all time.

My gifts from Christmas morning included:

1. A signed first edition of Kurt Vonnegut’s A Man Without a Country with a rare illustrated signature.

2. Several clever golf accoutrements

3. Christopher Myer’s modern adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s The Jabberwocky. I often recite this poem from memory to our daughter, so now I’ll have some images to go along with the words.

4. A game of poker played with specially-designed dice

5. Lots of underwear, including one pair decorated with golf carts. “It’s time to retire some of your current supply of underwear,” she told me as I removed the third pair from my stocking. If your wife is going to make you throw away underwear, it’s always nice when she replaces it for you.

6. A set of bookmark pens that are thin enough to use as bookmarks but still functional as writing implements

7. A pair of rearview spy glasses! Competing with the signed first edition for my favorite gift this year!

Seriously, the woman knows exactly what to get me every year without fail.