The craziest gift I ever received was at a party for my 18th birthday. I got a box of multi-colored condoms... They were from my 83 year old grandma. I was embarrassed beyond all belief.
The craziest I would have to say was the "Barber in a box". Someone gave me a 10 in 1 box of hair clippers, scissors, etc. I do not, nor have I ever cut my own hair, nor that of anyone else. That was without a doubt the craziest.
The CEO actually took his wife to a children's themed pizza chain restaurant with the animatronic characters for her birthday once recently - just to completely throw off everyone's expectations. We hear about that story every year. :).
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.