On the 1st day of the 2 weeks before winter break, my band director gave to me...

A Piccolo in the Key of C!

Did you know that piccolos used to be in Db? That means that when a band played in Bb concert, the piccolo was in A. This was done so that fingerings in orchestral transpositions would be easier. It gradually fell out of favor, but whenever we pull out a piece of music from before 1950 or so, there is always a Db piccolo part.