Well, I had my heart attack for the day.

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Ever since I was little, I've gotten ornaments every year for Christmas. My mom always puts them in my sticking. This year, we couldn't find them. Any of them. Afer 20+ years, I've got a LOT of them, so not being able to find them... Well, it was disturbing to say the least. My mom figured that since we've had teh basement redone and things got moved around a lot because of that, that the box had simply been put in the wrong place. I mentioedn I remembered them being in a clear plastic box, maybe in the attic? She said no, no, that couldn't be right. Time to check the basement for the third time. We finally found them. In a clear plastic box. In the attic. This is SO typical of my life.

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Had a similar experience.

My mom has an ornament given to her on her first Christmas when she was less than one year old, so she's had it for over 50 years. It has it's own box, marked "Mom's First Ornament." It wasn't in the box. We tear through every single Christmas box, and some boxes that WEREN'T Christmas boxes, can't find it. Give up hope, Mom is nearly in tears.

Several days later I am moving stuff around in my room, and this big box of Christmas ornaments is getting in my way. Much swearing ensues before I realize this is a big box of Christmas ornaments that we forget was in my room (moved there to get it out of the hallway). Sure 'nough, the only box we didn't check was the box the Ornament was in.