When my son was 5 he belonged to the Indian Guides. They had a Christmas party and each child was to bring something to exchange as a gift. We got the book Santa Bear. He LOVED that book and wished he could keep it. But we wrapped it and took it to the party - where it got placed in the Santa bag with all the other gifts.
Each child went up and chose a present from the Santa bag....my son was last in line - and low and behold --- the last thing in the bag was the Santa Bear book. He was the happiest child you ever saw - just SURE that Santa knew how much he loved that book, and made it come back to him.