Mugsy, you covered the math the way I did. GREAT grandmother at 63??? Wow.

The police should have charged the mother with aggravated cruelty too -- thats just plain mean to put a coveted toy under the tree like that and not expect a kid to peek and "steal" it. She might as well have put a neon sign over it that read, "open me! Play with me!" Parents are supposed to HIDE these gifts until Christmas Eve when the kids are asleep.

My son once unwrapped a CD I bought and replaced the new one with an old one. He spent weeks listening to the new CD. I was on to him but never let him know. On Christmas morning, he opened it and pretended to be surprised, only the surprise was on him, I asked him to show us which CD was in the package. You should have seen the look on his face. THAT taught him not to sneak Christmas gifts before their time much better than a call to the police.