Best gift ever.

The best gift I ever gave anyone was last year at Christmas. We gave my dad a subscription to the Beer of The Month Club, specifically the international beers. I really had no idea what to get my dad, and figured it'd be neat.

We started out with the 4 month subscription. It's a little pricey, so a few of us went in together on it. After 4 months, it was his birthday and he seemed to enjoy it, so we renewed it. Again, a few months later, it was Father's day, and he was not subtle about hinting, so we renewed it again. He even asked if we could get it shipped more frequently. Unfortunately, once a month is as frequent as it gets.

He gets so excited about that beer. A few months ago, the shipment was delayed a day because of a holiday. He came up to me and made me call them and ask where his beer was. The guy on the phone said he'd gotten a lot of calls about that. People really like their beer.

Today, we were hanging out watching the news, when the doorbell rang. Dad's head snapped towards the door and he said, "BEER." After a long day of working in the blistering heat, he jumped up like a kid on Christmas morning and ran to the door. When he opened it, he yelled to the delivery guy, "It's beer! Thanks!"

Then he broke open the box, inspected the beers, and began to read the newsletter that comes with the package. My dad does not read for leisure, but he'll kick back and read all about the new beers that he's about to try. "Oooh, this one's from Poland." "Hey, Czechoslovakia." <-- I spelled that right the first time. Ballerrrr

Next year we're going to save some money and order the whole year's subscription at once.