Kathryn,

FWIW, ....In a household of several, my authentically lovely bride & I devised a way to discover most of those unmated socks.  We call it The Island of Misfit Socks.  One basket in a hallway where all clean unmated socks go, regardless.  Then once every couple ’a  months we dump it out and match ‘em up...for about an 80+% pairs average.  [Probably others do this too, but I figured it couldn't hurt to point it out.]

So they haven't run away with the teaspoons...or, in our case, the parfait spoons that went missing at a rate of 2 for 1 this year....

...But maybe they [have] been stolen...and replaced with exact duplicates, ...this is still open to discussion. 

Hey Freddie:  ...Drum kit~!~yeahh, ...lucky somebody this morning~! 

...We had a similar setting around the tree two years ago...with drum kit, great cymbals and cool lights;  last year brought Pearl double bass peddles, LP cow bell, form-fit throne, more lights & another Zildjian crash; ....this year we just upgraded some of his heads with Aquarians; ...not the toms which are REMOs but the bass and snare.... 

Let the BOOM-POP-Boom begin!

Happy [Terrentino] Christmas...