What is the best present you ever received?

I take attendance by having the students answer a question.

What is the best present you ever received?

Many mentioned objects:

• a dog
• a puppy [ed. note: age specificity appreciated!]
• a tablet
• an iPad
• a Mac
• GameCube
• blanket
• socks
• ramen
• a physics book
• all the white chocolate chips
• red button-down onesie
• scarf
• nice headphones

Some mentioned trips:

• a trip to Canada
• a surprise visit
• tickets to Barcelona vs Bayern Munich
• tickets to go see Hamilton

Or other ephemera:

• education
• time with good friends
• school
• I forgot
• taking CS46 [ed. note: early brown-nosing appreciated]
• love 💙
• family

But the sweetest by far were the ones who said the best present they ever received was "life." Awwwww.

This post's theme word is lief (adv.), "willingly; gladly; readily" or (adj.), "dear, beloved" or "willing." I would just as lief receive a onesie as a scarf.