10-10-2005, 06:29 PM
DeeBye,Oct 9 2005, 09:19 PM Wrote:I wanted to open it up and inspect it further to be sure it works correctly, but my wife saw through my cunning scheme to play with it for myself and said no.Everything I've always heard about planning for Christmas says that you should definitely open it up and make sure that the truck is fully assembled and that there won't be any little plastic ties or other unnecessary packaging that would prevent your child from opening the box, pulling it out and playing with it immediately. You also need to make sure that there are batteries in it, too.
I'm sure you could use your google-fu to find some newspaper/magazine articles that say this same thing to prove to your wife that it is essential that you test it out before Christmas. :)
-TheDragoon