Present

A Present is an item, depicted as a red box laced with a white ribbon, which may drop after defeating any zombie in any level or may be given as a reward randomly. Presents drop very rarely, and they may give you Zen Garden plants or unlock games. It will make a dinging or chiming sound when it is dropped.

Note: After beating Adventure Mode, you can't get any more modes.

Things found:
For information on how to acquire Zen Garden plants, see Zen Garden.
 * If on the Xbox Live Arcade version of the game, the first present will hold Versus Mode and Co-op mode.
 * The first present found will contain three Mini-Games. (Level 3-2, after the 1st flag)
 * The second one will contain three Vasebreaker and I, Zombie puzzles. (Level 4-6, before the Digger Zombie appears)
 * The next ones will appear after Level 5-4 and will contain a Zen Garden plant.

Where to get one:

 * Every three levels of I, Zombie Endless
 * Eating a Brain in any I, Zombie level will sometimes drop one
 * Randomly in Survival Levels
 * Every ten levels of Vasebreaker Endless
 * Removing graves with Grave Busters.
 * Killing any zombie in any game mode.

Which Mini Game/Level is the Best to get (Plant Name)?

 * For Day Plants, Slot Machine and Wall-Nut Bowling is the best.
 * For Night Plants, just replay Whack a Zombie over and over again, remove graves for coins, diamonds and sometimes presents.
 * For Pool Plants, play Zombie Nimble Zombie Quick or Last Stand with Marigolds for farming.
 * For Fog Plants, replay Level 4-10 (With the Zombie Yeti) as there is no mini-game in the fog which have a high concentration of zombies.
 * For Roof Plants, the only suitable place is Column Like You See 'Em since they have an amazing spawn of zombies.
 * Level 5-10, Dr. Zomboss's Revenge, It's Raining Seeds and Survival Endless drop every plant (Except Flower Pot, Upgrade Plants, Imitater ,Explode-o-nut and Giant Wall-nut). Therefore, they are good ideas if you are not aiming for plants from a specific setting. (Although, Survival Endless can actually be the best way to get plants since it has the highest amount of zombies in the whole game.)

Trivia

 * Survival Levels will not appear from a present until the player beats Adventure Mode.
 * Presents don't drop in the IPhone/IPod touch/IPad version.
 * In the DS version, a present drops in Level 2-1 containing Versus Mode.
 * In the XBLA version a present also drops in level 2-1 containg Versus Mode and Co-op Mode.