Faces “light up” when people receive gifts. Steve Toyne posted on Twitter on November 5, 2010 and reposted as a Christmas joke on December 22, 2014:
 
“I bought my girlfriend a fridge for her birthday tomorrow, I can’t wait to see her face light up when she opens it.”
 
“I bought the missus a new fridge for Christmas. You should have seen her face light up when she opened it” was posted on Twitter on December 8, 2011:
 
A slightly different joke was posted on Reddit—Jokes on December 24, 2016:
 
“Getting my dad some strong aftershave and a cigarette lighter for Christmas. Can’t wait to see his face light up.”
 
   
Twitter
Sharon Chan
‏@Sharon_Chan
RT @SteveToyne: I bought my girlfriend a fridge for her birthday tomorrow, I can’t wait to see her face light up when she opens it
11:22 AM - 5 Nov 2010
 
Twitter
Alex Parkin
‏@Alex_Parkin_EBL
Bought the mrs a fridge, you should’ve seen her face light up when she opened it.
6:06 AM - 8 Jun 2011
 
Twitter
serialmatrix
‏@serialmatrix
I bought the missus a new fridge for Christmas.
You should have seen her face light up when she opened it.
3:19 AM - 8 Dec 2011
 
Twitter
Sam Bussey
‏@CityDoris
Bought my mum a new fridge for Christmas. You should have seen her face light up when she opened it.
2:21 AM - 12 Dec 2011
 
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Raul Gallegos
5/22/12
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I bought my friend a fridge for his birthday.  You should have seen his face light up when he opened it!
 
Twitter
SteveToyne
‏@SteveToyne
I bought my son a fridge for Christmas.  I can’t wait to see his face light up when he opens it.
1:28 AM - 22 Dec 2014
   
22 December 2014, Express (London, UK), “Susanna Reid spreads Christmas cheer in figure-hugging blue dress on Good Morning Britain: by Annie Price:
“New Favourite Xmas Joke: ‘@SteveToyne: I bought my son a fridge for Christmas. I can’t wait to see his face light up when he opens it’,” she wrote.
   
Reddit—Jokes
I bought my son a fridge for Christmas.
submitted December 24, 2014 by [deleted]
I can’t wait to see his face light up when he opens it.
 
Reddit—Jokes
I bought my girlfriend a fridge for our anniversary…
submitted October 11, 2016 by Childflayer
I know it wasn’t a great gift, but I loved seeing her face light up when she opened it.
 
Reddit—Jokes
I bought my girlfriend a fridge for her birthday
submitted September 30, 2016 by press-control-w
I know its not the greatest gift, but you should’ve seen her face light up when she opened it.
 
Reddit—Jokes
Getting my dad some strong aftershave and a cigarette lighter for Christmas.
submitted December 24, 2016 by PaytheDevil
Can’t wait to see his face light up.