A Christmas Friday Funny...or "Mr. Analytical"

One thing Mark and I managed to stay on top of this month was wrapping the boys presents and stashing them in the crawlspace, so as not to be up till 2 a.m. on the 24th wrapping. We also put down there any other Christmas gifts that we received in the mail, rather than putting them under the tree that we didn't have up yet. And while the tree did eventually get put up, the presents never migrated up...far easier to just bring them up all at once after the kids are in bed Christmas Eve.

We have a tradition, of which the boys know, of opening one gift before bed on Christmas Eve. Wednesday morning I greeted them with a cheery "Merry Christmas Eve!" After they verified that yes indeed it really was Christmas Eve, that their program was that night, and that the next day would be Christmas, Andrew had some clarifications to make.

"Mom, today is Christmas Eve, right?"
"Yes, Andrew."
"And we get to open one present on Christmas Eve?"
"Yes, just one after we get home from church."
"Well, we don't have any presents under the tree. Is this going
to be a problem?"

I honestly can't remember how I answered him in my efforts not to laugh!