Around Christmastime my person receives large cardboard boxes in the mail from her sister and brother. The boxes are filled with smaller boxes wrapped in brightly colored paper – mostly red and green. My person used to put the smaller boxes under the Christmas tree and leave them there until Christmas Day.
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Sometimes my people would visit their family when it wasn’t Christmas. On the way between my person’s parent’s house and her sister’s house is a candy store and my person would stop there and buy malt balls for her sister. Then my person’s sister discovered that a grocery store near her house had very good malt balls, so when my people visited her she would have malt balls for my younger person.
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It was my first Christmas at my house, there were presents under the tree, and Scratchy and I were the only ones home – and something under the tree smelled very good. So I sniffed around and found which package that smell came from.
It didn’t take much to tear into that package and the contents tasted extra special. Don’t worry younger person, I left you the malt ball wrapper.
I’m not sure why, but my person never leaves brightly colored boxes under the Christmas tree anymore.
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Dianda
December 19, 2011 at 10:37 am
We only put presents under the tree right on Christmas, right before we started with all the presents. 🙂
Bongo
December 19, 2011 at 2:31 pm
Dianda, my person thinks you are very smart to wait to put out the presents. Me, I wish they were around earlier for me to explore.
Marie-Jeanne
December 21, 2011 at 1:20 pm
Hi Bongo, w’ll send you some greetings from Luxembourg, but don’t worry, watch over the presents under your tree, and think that somewhere over the big water think on you, keep care , your over see friend Marie-Jeanne
Bongo
December 21, 2011 at 1:52 pm
Marie-Jeanne, thanks for checking out my blog. I’m hoping I get some good presents under the tree on Christmas morning.
winsomebella
December 19, 2011 at 10:38 am
Oh dear……..glad you are okay and that your person is keeping those packages hidden!
Bongo
December 19, 2011 at 2:32 pm
Winsomebella, I wish my person would put out those packages, but she says it’s for my own good.
Genevieve
December 19, 2011 at 10:48 am
This is a fascinating mystery, Bongo. Strangely enough, my mom used to have lovely red and green packages under our tree, too! Not any more. Now they live on the shelves and floor of the closet. Hmmm. Be very careful of the malted milk balls. They are delicious, but they can give you a mad tummy ache!!
Love & licks,
Cupcake
Bongo
December 19, 2011 at 2:34 pm
Cupcake, my person keeps saying something about tummy aches too. Why don’t they just come up with some dog safe malt balls and leave the presents under the tree?
thesweetkitten
December 19, 2011 at 10:50 am
Luckily there are no presents under my Christmas tree… I prefer to cook a delicious dinner for my family as a gift and my Viking will get a special present from Santa Claus!!!
Bongo
December 19, 2011 at 2:35 pm
Sweet Kitten, delicious dinner sounds good to me. I hope my person cooks me one.
Sherry
December 19, 2011 at 11:54 am
That seems very reasonable–you only ate the food and not the other gifts or ornaments!
Bongo
December 19, 2011 at 2:38 pm
Sherry, thanks for stopping by and commenting. I agree – I only ate the food and that’s what it’s for is to eat, isn’t it? I don’t know why my people have a problem with it.
life is a bowl of kibble
December 19, 2011 at 12:11 pm
You were a very lucky dog that the malted balls did not make you sick. A Christmas blessing for sure.
My three have already found their toys. Big brown dog, Mutt, stole them all and had taken it upon herself to destuff them for the other two.
Bongo
December 19, 2011 at 2:40 pm
Kibble, my person tells me I’m lucky too, but she’s not giving me another chance. Sometimes I wish I had another dog to play with, but not if he will steal my toys. I hope the other two dogs get some toys that Mutt won’t bother with.
philosophermouseofthehedge
December 19, 2011 at 12:15 pm
Indoor Scavenger hunt!
Bongo
December 19, 2011 at 2:41 pm
Karen, I like that idea – indoor scavenger hunt. Now I just have to convince my people so they’ll set one up again.
Alfie - Alfie's Blog
December 19, 2011 at 12:39 pm
Roooo roooo There are no presents under our tree – I think I understand why now *waggy tail*
Bongo
December 19, 2011 at 2:42 pm
Alfie, you mean it’s the same at your house? I’m glad I’m not the only one.
lolapup
December 19, 2011 at 1:21 pm
I love those packages under the tree. I leave them alone until my people unwrap them. Then, they give me the paper to shred. Woo hoo!
Bongo
December 19, 2011 at 2:42 pm
Lola, paper is fun too, but if something smells good I just can’t resist getting into it.
Patricia
December 19, 2011 at 4:26 pm
Trees in the house with pretty packages that smell good sitting under them that you are not allowed to touch. Parts of Christmas are a mystery…
Bongo
December 19, 2011 at 9:55 pm
Patricia, Christmas is really strange. People do things at Christmas that they don’t do the rest of the year.
2browndawgs
December 19, 2011 at 4:43 pm
We looked and there are no brightly colored boxes under our tree either. 😦
the 2 brown dawgs
Bongo
December 19, 2011 at 9:55 pm
Brown Dawgs, I think our people have a conspiracy going.
Winnie the greyhound
December 19, 2011 at 5:02 pm
THEY have put a large plastic box to stop me getting to the presents under the tree.
How rude!
I only wanted to LOOK.
Love and licks, Winnie
Bongo
December 19, 2011 at 9:56 pm
Winnie, I don’t know what it is with our people. For some reason they don’t seem to trust us.
Snoopy@snoopysdogblog.com
December 19, 2011 at 9:56 pm
What a shame Bongo, I think you should get those Malt treats every year!! Tee Hee
We’ve got packages under our tree, but there’s no good smells to report – doh!!
Have fun anyway,
Your pal Snoopy 🙂
Bongo
December 19, 2011 at 11:18 pm
Snoopy I agree. I’m not sure why I don’t get those malt treats anymore.
monicastangledweb
December 19, 2011 at 11:53 pm
Hi Bongo! Love your blog!
Sorry to read about your plight, Bongo. Maybe Santa will leave some presents under the tree when he arrives at your home. Hopefully, they’ll be something yummy inside.
Bongo
December 19, 2011 at 11:57 pm
Monica, thanks for stopping by and commenting. Santa usually leaves some special treats when he comes, but my people make sure I’m supervised. I miss all the fun of checking out presents when nobody’s watching.
Nel
December 20, 2011 at 1:22 am
I think your person doesn’t want you to find out what your present is before Christmas. 😉
Bongo
December 20, 2011 at 10:16 am
Nel, it’s so hard to wait until Christmas, but you’re right. My person makes me do it.
Bassas Blog
December 20, 2011 at 2:15 am
It’s very difficult at this time of year Bongo to know what to touch and what is not allowed. Trial and error my friend – usually error! 🙂
Bongo
December 20, 2011 at 10:18 am
Bassa, I think my person knows me too well. Even if I get in trouble for those errors it doesn’t stop me from doing it again when nobody’s looking. I just can’t resist those good smells.
eripanwkevin
December 20, 2011 at 5:27 am
When me and my mom knew that some people especially in foreign contries don’t open their Christmas packages until on the Christmas day. They put those presents under the Christmas tree.
Because in Japan, most people open Christmas presents as soon as we get them and it doesn’t matter if the day is close to Christmas or not. I think that keeping those Christmas gifts until on the Christmas day must be much more exciting than opening immediately. 🙂 We should try !!!
Bongo
December 20, 2011 at 10:21 am
Kevin, I have so much trouble waiting to open presents with good smells, but my person says that the anticipation is part of the fun. Especially for children it’s really fun to wake up on Christmas morning and find all the presents under the tree. My person has lots of good memories of Christmas morning from when she was a child, and when my younger person was little.
For the Love of My Dogs
December 20, 2011 at 7:07 am
Bongo, I feel ya buddy! It is so darn confusing around Christmastime- our pups like to explore the tree for good-smelling presents too so we put them out on Christmas Eve to minimize damage 🙂
Bongo
December 20, 2011 at 10:23 am
Deannamelanie, I’m glad I’m not the only dog that doesn’t get to see the presents early.
colliesofthemeadow
December 20, 2011 at 8:49 am
LOL!
Bongo! Did your little person like the wrapper? Years ago we had a hamster that escapee during Christmas time. We came home and all the candy canes on the presents were gone and in the corner with all the half eaten candy canes was Gretel the Hamster! She had the biggest sugar buzz we ever saw!
Great post!
God Bless You!
Chuck and the Collies 🙂
Bongo
December 20, 2011 at 10:24 am
Chuck and the Collies, that story about Gretel the Hamster is hilarious. I think Gretel could be an honorary dog.
misswhiplash
December 20, 2011 at 1:35 pm
I like the story too about Gretel Hamster..
.That was naughty boy Bongo to eat all the balls and only leave the wrapper.I am not at all surprised that your people no longer leave those sort of gifts under the tree
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I had a Labrador Dog called Lucky who tried to eat my daughters chocolate santa. It was very big and stood on top of the sideboard. He could not reach it but his claw marks are still there today..
Bongo
December 20, 2011 at 2:54 pm
Patreciau, I would be in so much trouble if I did what Lucky did. Of course that wouldn’t stop me from doing it.
angelswhisper2011
December 21, 2011 at 1:09 am
Oh, Bongo, you’re so adorable and so smart, you remind me of my dog Droppie, she also “tried” everything eatable, maybe it was all in the name, Droppie means liquorice in English:)
Bongo
December 21, 2011 at 1:19 am
Angelswhisper, eating is one of my favorite things to do. I sniff out food wherever I go. I’ve never tried licorice though. My people don’t share that. I may have to have a talk with them.