After President Bush no doubt inspected every single Xmas present coming to and from France, Patrick's Xmas present finally arrived two days ago. Considering that Samantha shipped it about 3 weeks before Xmas, that was perhaps one of the longest deliveries we've seen between the US and France.
No wait, presents back home to the US still haven't arrived yet, so they're going to win (I really did ship them).
As you can see from the photo Patrick got a digital Canon Rebel. Although our little Canon Elph is really tiny and convenient - there have been a lot of times where we wish we had a better camera. Also Patrick had the non-digital Rebel, so he can just use his old lens.