Today I gave two people unexpected Christmas presents.
Geoff, a local actor, and Jennifer, the producer of Peacock Productions, had a meeting with me yesterday. Actually, I thought it was just a meeting with Jen, and so I thought, "I'll bring Christmas candy!" Which was ok, except I only brought one box of candy, and I was told over text that "Geoff is waiting for us in the LCBO!" (I thought we were looking at wines for our upcoming January show). So, I thought, maybe I should just show up with the one box of chocolate, and we could share it. But, I sort of felt lame, like when you show up to a party just to give a gift to one person and no gifts for other people. Lame!
Luckily, though, I was right by somewhere, and I could pick up an additional box. I know that's like 'the capitalism of Christmas' but I thought really hard about it, and I thought, everyone wants to get something for Christmas, even if it's nothing at all, really.
So, I showed up and acted like Santa for five minutes. Both of them were really surprised, and actually, Geoff was really touched. (I guess he really likes candy!)
So I guess the lesson I learned is, never show up empty-handed?
Or more like, the best gifts are the ones given from the heart, and completely unexpected.
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