My friend Matt Jaycox sent me a delightful gift box, full of wonderful wrapped Christmas presents! I don't receive many Christmas gifts, so this was quite a pleasure. In face, I'm not sure I've experienced anything quite like this since childhood.

Matt's daughters, Shelley and Emily, picked out one of the gifts. They have been very excited to see this video, so I hope they enjoy it! Thank you Shelley and Emily! I hope you have a really fun Christmas!

And thank you, Matt! I tend to spend Christmas antsy, isolated and disappointed. You have made me want to stick my head out the window and throw some money at a boy on the street so he can go buy a plump goose that's still hanging in a shop window.

Regular viewers should be assured that there are plenty of things in these boxes to pique their interest. You will not want to miss some ...