Annie L

An Experience (or other non-material gift)

Under $25

My first job out of college was working for an antiques store in Bryn Mawr, PA. The owners were music professors at Temple University. There was a grand piano in the back of the store, concealed from shoppers, but visible to me, as one of two employees who worked at the store. But the owners would never play the piano in my presence. Then, on Christmas Eve, just as one of the owners, Harvey, and I were closing the shop for the night, I heard the most beautiful music coming from the back of the store. It was Harvey, playing a classical composition, just for me. It was the best Christmas present I ever received.