davidgillon | Care package received

My sister said early last week that she was posting me a package for Christmas from my mother (AIUI she went and found a mobile post office in one of the local villages because they only allow one person in the van at a time, where the actual post office would likely be jammed). We were beginning to think it wouldn't arrive until after Christmas*,but it finally arrived this morning. I was expecting it just to be the stuff she'd normally put in a Christmas Stocking for me: sweets and a few little gimmicky things. Nope, this is about A4 size, 8" deep, fairly hefty and cost £5 to post. I have no idea what's in there, other than it probably will have the sweets etc, but I'm under orders not to open it until the 25th. I'm resisting the urge to give in to my inner 8yo and give it a good shake...

* The irony here is a package I ordered from Amazon for a present to me at about the same time, which said it wouldn't deliver until well after Christmas, turned up in three days, from Switzerland.