Oh....Grandpa...

Recently my family decided to start a new Christmas tradition. With the economy being what it is, we all agreed that it was silly to spend tons of money on each other. So we agreed to place our names in a hat and exchange gifts through the "Secret Santa" method. Well, the first year we did this, we all knew that whoever drew Grandpa Jack's name, would have an interesting time. Our dear grandfather made a list of ridiculous gifts just so he could get a response out of all of us. But, little did he know....he was in for a surprise himself. On his list, grandpa asked for hunting lessons from Sarah Palin. (Good grief...) So my mom and my brother worked together to create him a Sarah Palin Christmas! In the pictures, you can see that he really enjoyed his surprise. For Christmas that year, he received a fur hat covered in moose antlers and a photograph of Sarah with her "signature" at the bottom.

This year, he asked for private singing lessons from Susan Boyle, but my husband was not as creative...so he just bought grandpa a new coat! :)

The bottom line is; sometimes you have to be careful what you wish for!