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My husband proposed to me on Christmas morning after all of the other gifts had been opened. I think he gave me a blender, some games, and maybe some socks. All the while, I’m disappointed that the boxes were way too big to be what I really wanted.

He made me wait for it. We had been dating for about 3 years, and we had talked about getting married, but he had never proposed. And the funny part was he didn’t buy the ring until about 3 days before Christmas, and from a major internet retailer no less, so it had to be shipped.

I had suggested we stay at his father’s house on the 23rd, but he inexplicably wouldn’t do it. Well, the ring he had ordered was set to be delivered to his mother’s house on Dec 24 and he didn’t want anyone else to know (including her), so we had to be there in case the delivery came early in the morning.

But he got it, and on Christmas morning, we were at his mother’s house, and after ALL the other gifts were opened – and there are always lots there – he handed his mother his digital camera. She started freaking out and I honestly didn’t understand why, until he got down on one knee and asked me to marry him.

He has so much family in the same town and we visit all of them at Christmas. We spent the whole day running the gauntlet of family members who were very excited to hear about our engagement. It was a very special Christmas morning.

I’ve known my wife’s family since high school, as I’ve been friends with her brother since then. Just before his wedding, he said, “You and my sister should get together.” Long story short, we did get together and really connected.

On the first date, I just knew that I would marry her. I lived in Virginia, and she in Rhode Island. About 8 months after we met, I moved to Rhode Island too. I picked out a ring, and tried to decide on how to propose.

Her family (which is rather large), does a “Secret Santa” every year for Christmas. Since her family figured that I’d be around for this, I got to choose a name out of the hat, and by wonderful chance, I picked Her. I decided then and there that I’d put the ring in the bottom of her stocking. However, I wanted to “throw her off the scent, so I got someone else to fill her stocking with other gifts (I didn’t want her to know it was I who filled her stocking by the kind of gifts that I gave her).

So there we are, Christmas morning in front of her whole family and she opens all the gifts in her stocking and gets down to the last one wrapped in different paper. She opens it and goes completely speechless. It took a good 30 seconds before others in the room realized what was going on. Best Christmas ever!