Growing up I remember there were a few Christmases that my mom used Reindeer names for gift tags in replacement of our real names. My sisters and I loved trying to figure out who was which reindeer by what we thought each gift was.
I have carried on this tradition by placing a couple of wrapped presents for each kid under the tree about a week before Christmas. It peaks their excitement and curiosity as they maul the presents almost to their undoing. I tell them ahead of time that if the present becomes unwrapped, then it goes back to the store so they are usually pretty careful. Every year when December rolls around one of the first requests from my kids is if I will do the reindeer names again. The kids always get a new reindeer name each Christmas so that they won't know who they are. I can't ever remember which kid was which reindeer name, but my kids sure do! Write down who is what reindeer name on a paper, because if you have more than two kids it can become pretty hard to remember on Christmas morning.
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