The Box From Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Wonderful, Wacky Family By Darcy Daniels The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family. ~Thomas Jefferson Every Christmas, we get "The Box" from my uncle, who owns a local sporting-goods store. He supplies uniforms to the sports teams and does T-shirt printing for parties. Every Christmas, instead of presents, he sends us the rejects from his shop. One year, we got knit caps that sported a company's misspelled name. It was "Lovie's Mower Service" instead of "Louie's Mower Service." Another year, we got a birthday-party T-shirt for a woman's ninety-sixth birthday when it was supposed to be her ninety-seventh birthday. And another time we all got green football socks that weren't exactly the right color for the football team that had ordered them. (Keep reading) |
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