I was about 8 years old and as soon as one Christmas was over I would be looking forward to next Christmas to come round again!
This one Advent the Christmas Tree was up and the Gifts around the Tree would be much bigger than the base of the Tree.
Dad would always buy a separate Gift for each of us and this year my Gift was very small so I got curious and when there was no-one in the living room apart from me I opened the top of the Gift.
To my utter surprise I saw the Brut logo and immediately thought it was aftershave and I thought Dad had lost his senses as I was nowhere near shaving.
I quickly sealed the Gift and started to worry about Dad. Christmas Day came along and I got up as early as possible and went in the Living Room where 2 of my Sisters were already there and they said, "Open Dad's Present!"
I opened Dad's Gift as cautious as can be at that age and found a miniature Brut aftershave box & I was so despondent about Dad thinking he had bought me aftershave that I walked into the hallway but my 2 Sisters followed me & said, "Open the box!" so I did and to my great surprise and relief about Dad as I found a boy's watch in the aftershave box.
From memory I can see it with a Navy Blue Strap & I think it was a Timex. INSHALLAH
The Greatest Gift for a young boy - Next Blog, The Story of My Heirloom!
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