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Wanna Be
Surprised?
(By Cynthia Lowry)
(/P) Newsfeatures Writer
American womanhood, house
wife variety, has been duly poll
ed. At least three out of four al
lege they would rather be sur
prised at Christmas than dictate
—however indirectly—the choice
of their spouse’s Yuletide offering.
The pollster in this case is an
important magazine (Woman’s
Home Companion) which deduces
from its statistics that women are
as romantic as schoolgirls around
; this time of the year.
It quotes typical reactions fa
| voring the surprise element in
Christmas gifts as “Even if the
gift isn’t quite what I wanted, it
still reflects real thought and
love” and “I feel my husband
would miss a lot of fun if he could
not shop for my gift ...”
The magazine also deduces that
women who prefer to direct their
husband’s choice of gifts are prac
tical, with decided tastes and
rather hard to please.
Far be it from me to fly in the
face of statistics or even a poll,
but I feel that a large number of
the polled ladies are indulging in
a little day-dreaming, quite for
getting some of the surprise pres
ents they have encountered under
the tree in previous years.
“I like to be surprised,” said the
first victim of my own private re-,
search, “and I like to surprise my
husband on Christmas. My hus
band always tries to surprise me,
but usually he hints about what
he has bought me.”
“What was your surprise pres
ent last year?” I queried of my
friend, who is strictly a boudoir
type.
“Well,” she said, “it was a pair
of custom-made hunting boots.”
She was touched and she cer
| tainly was surprised. She hasn’t
| worn them yet.
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“And custom-made—so I can’t
exchange them,” she wailed. „
Another friend is surprised each
year by her present. It’s always t
several nightgowns, hand-made,
beautiful and black lace.
“I adore to* be surprised by his
present,” she said, eyes aglow
i with affection. “He always asks
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him a mink coat. So each year I
get my black nightgowns. A cou
ple of weeks later I say casually
that they are too small or too
large, and that I’ll have to ex
change them. Then I exchange
them for something I really want.
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The funny thing about it is that
he never notices. I’ve never worn
a black nightgown in my life and
don’t ever propose to. But he’s
such a dear ...”
Analyzing our own poll statis
tics, I can only conclude that wo
men take delight in envisioning
their own particular man strug
gling ineptly and rather helpless
ly in Christmas shopping crowds.
All I know is that four women
said firmly that they preferred to
be surprised by their husband’s
gift. Each mentioned how her
husband hated to shop—apparent
ly taking vast comfort in the
though of the male breasting the
mob in search of a gift for his be
loved. Apparently, a flagon of
“Nuit d’Armour” obtained from
a perfume counter in mid-shop
ping season is more greatly to be
desired as an expression of true
me what I want and I always tell
love than a couple of deer and a
brace of partridges for the deep
freezer acquired by Papa’s camp
ing in the cold woods for a week
during hunting season.
My informants allege further
that when men think of presents
for their spouse, their thoughts
run in routine channels: perfume,
stockings, nightbowns—and robes.
"But don't ever let your hus
I band surprise you with a robe/'
I warned one wife. "They always
buy such flossy, fussy ones you
can't year them. It's hard to ex
change them for something sim
: pier—they notice the difference
and are unhappy."
In the interests of fairness, we
interviewed a number of hus
| bands. Did their wives like to be
! surprised by their Christmas gifts?
“My wife tells me what she
wants for Christmas,” was the
uniform answer, “and I go out
and buy it. Sometimes the in
structions come in a round-about
way, but I’m pretty sure of my
orders in plenty of time before
the great day. Me? I act surprised
each Christmas over socks, ties,
I shirts and pipes.”
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