My husband and I don’t share a religious background but we do share a very playful sense of humor. It’s what makes us work.  And let’s face it, I could never be with someone who didn’t enjoy a little mischievousness, during the holidays and all year long.

When our relationship was still pretty new, I got the idea to buy him some Christmas underpants. Not underpants for Christmas.  Christmas underpants.  That might not seem particularly silly to you, until I tell you that my husband is Jewish.

If he hadn’t laughed, I probably would’ve wondered if we would work.  Luckily, he thinks most of my foolishness is kind of amusing.

He wore those jingle bell underpants underneath his jeans year round and every time I saw them, I loved him a little bit more.  The next year, I bought him more.  The year after that, we were married (so I become his official underwear buyer) and I bought him more. We’ve been together for 10 years and I’ve kept the tradition up the entire time.  Luckily for me, any  boxers and briefs he had that were not Christmas-themed wore out along the way so now his entire underwear drawer is bursting with everything Christmas.  The Grinch is there, Christmas lights, elves, candy canes, a pair that says naughty on the, um, crotch, Ralphie from A Christmas Story and on and on. Now even the kids are asking why daddy only has Christmas underwear. And I laugh and laugh and laugh. If these kids don’t end up with senses of humor, I will kill myself.

Anyway, every Christmas is a new adventure. Just when I think I can’t find anything he doesn’t already have, I do. As I approach the men’s pajama/underwear section in the store, it’s like a chorus of naughty angels from above started singing. As I looked through them, I laugh out loud. I’m particularly a big fan of Target Christmas boxers (like these “always naughty” grinch ones) and Joe Boxers. Both have naughty senses of humor.

Most years I have a hard time waiting until Christmas morning to give them to him.

This year I’m thinking about getting him these. What do you think?  (Scroll below the Santa underpants for one of my favorite, always-a-winner Christmas gift ideas)

Now, if you’re the practical sort of gift giver and/or if you are like I was for so long and only had one set of sheets and no backup (you’re just setting yourself up for trouble with kids), you need these. They are so freaking cheap and so soft and hold up so well. Try them, you won’t be sorry. I seriously have 7 sets in the house. You’re lucky I don’t just hoard them all because I’m afraid they’ll stop making them. Get ’em while you can!