Charlie had decided that the music was so beautiful that he would only give it to someone who was beautiful in all ways. For the rest of the night, the entire group swaps presents with one another, and Charlie distributes special presents to everyone even though only Sam and Patrick bought him presents.Ĭharlie gives Sam a copy of the record Something, a gift that Aunt Helen gave him when he was younger.
When asked why he gave Charlie a suit, Patrick responds that "all great writers used to wear suits all the time." (159). Patrick steps away from the party and returns with Pringles and a suit coat, Charlie's final gift. Everyone asks Charlie to read the poem aloud, and the room becomes a "very sad quiet." Still, Charlie is happy that he can look out at the people around him and appreciate that they know and understand him.
Along with his final gift for Patrick, Charlie includes a poem that Michael gave him. He meets Sam and Patrick's parents for the first time, and he very much enjoys spending time with his friends and drinking brandy. Charlie is entirely preoccupied with the Christmas fun he is having with his friends, and he acknowledges that a lot of other things are going on, like semester-end finals, but that these developments "just don't seem as interesting as these other things that have to do with holidays" (154).Ĭharlie is blown away by the wonderful experiences he had at the final Secret Santa giveaway. He supposes that he'll receive a suit coat at the party, but he wants to know why he has received such a strange gift. So far in the game of Secret Santa, Charlie has received a tie, a white shirt, shoes, an old belt, and slacks.
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