I'm number this number one, as I'm sure there are years of mistakes to come. This is a pretty big mistake, and we should have known better.
I ordered George's big Christmas gift (a Melissa and Doug wooden kitchen) back in late October and it was delivered the first week of November and has been sitting in the house since then. Just sitting in a corner, out of the way. Quietly keeping a secret that was only to be revealed when we went to put it together about 9:00 tonight. The secret? It was box one of two. I have no idea where box two is - it either never was shipped from Amazon, or was never delivered by FedEx. (At the moment I blame FedEx, this is the second bad mix-up I've had with them this holiday season).
I was able to find a "contact me" button on Amazon's site and lo and behold someone actually called me within minutes, apologized for the problem, and offered to send us out a new one with expedited shipping. Not sure yet when it will arrive, but I'm glad that they didn't give me a hassle with the purchase being over their 30 days limit. Of course, I haven't received the new one yet, but I'm hopeful they will make it right.
I'm glad that George is blissfully unaware of the holiday this year. Otherwise, I think I might be quite upset instead of just annoyed and embarrassed. Mostly I'm just annoyed at myself for not opening the box before now. I knew better. I even mentioned a couple times that we should open the box and make sure all the parts were here, but we never did. I guess it's good to make the mistake this year. You can bet all future presents will be assembled well before Christmas Eve.