trying to figure out how you even found the 5000 finger movie (lol) but MUSIC! Music is the best gift, in any of its forms...concerts, playlists, instruments, personal recordings....music. And after that, cheese and chocolate, right? i recently received the gift of a bulb from someone's garden and thought it was the perfect gift, a hopeful reminder of the friendship and growth, and recently, i've truly come to appreciate choosing gifts for others made by others, things that took someone's special talent and time that make me feel connected to future recipient of the gift. i am beyond tired of buying things from chain stores and online! i feel like you like live in the perfect location for original gifts from artisans, like your friend who made you the perfect socks! things made one at a time are more meaningful to me these days! and the idea that we hold on to ideas throughout time, that we give spontaneously, when the moment strikes? that's what giving is about. it's a precious thing to receive something seemingly out of the blue just because someone was thinking of you. those gifts are the sweetest of all.
Once the nieces and nephews started coming, we stopped exchanging Christmas gifts among the adults...but before that the theme for the longest time was to gift each other with our favorite book/movie/music that we had discovered that year. It's a great way of getting to know each other better and better as time goes on.
Firstly I love your father in law’s bear! My story is current, I organized a secret Santa draw for my office, price tag to be $10-15, (the party is next Wednesday) the week before the draw I was in Costco and saw some mens gloves with a built in hand warmer priced $15.99. One of my colleagues is always cold so I really hoped I would draw his name and I did (no cheating, I assure you) my husband was going back to Costco so I directed him to the gloves….he called me said they had all gone, I was so disappointed. So much so that I didn’t believe him and went to the store myself. I found the gloves aha!…..but I had made a mistake….the sign above said $99.95!! I have fallen back on another like of my colleague’s, puzzles. This is another great gift idea if your family is into puzzles, we love games and puzzles and always buy one we can all enjoy together every holiday. I think the gift of time is important and ask for dinner with my kids or an experience we can share. One year, pre pandemic, instead of gifts we all went to Universal Studios, it proved to be a wonderful idea as only a couple of months later the world was plunged into chaos and isolation! Merry Christmas, or Happy Holidays to your family. Your gift to us all is this weekly letter, thank you!
Such a bummer about the gloves! I think you should get full credit for the thought! And I love the idea of family puzzles and trips. Thanks for sharing!
trying to figure out how you even found the 5000 finger movie (lol) but MUSIC! Music is the best gift, in any of its forms...concerts, playlists, instruments, personal recordings....music. And after that, cheese and chocolate, right? i recently received the gift of a bulb from someone's garden and thought it was the perfect gift, a hopeful reminder of the friendship and growth, and recently, i've truly come to appreciate choosing gifts for others made by others, things that took someone's special talent and time that make me feel connected to future recipient of the gift. i am beyond tired of buying things from chain stores and online! i feel like you like live in the perfect location for original gifts from artisans, like your friend who made you the perfect socks! things made one at a time are more meaningful to me these days! and the idea that we hold on to ideas throughout time, that we give spontaneously, when the moment strikes? that's what giving is about. it's a precious thing to receive something seemingly out of the blue just because someone was thinking of you. those gifts are the sweetest of all.
I love the flower bulb gift idea! Then part of the pleasure is watching it unfurl! Thanks so much for this lovely, supportive comment!
Once the nieces and nephews started coming, we stopped exchanging Christmas gifts among the adults...but before that the theme for the longest time was to gift each other with our favorite book/movie/music that we had discovered that year. It's a great way of getting to know each other better and better as time goes on.
Such a joy filled read! I loved your stories 🙌
but WHERE is the picture from diary of a wimpy kid?? after you went to all that trouble to find it?
Ha! It’s for a future post—you will have to wait a couple more weeks!
Firstly I love your father in law’s bear! My story is current, I organized a secret Santa draw for my office, price tag to be $10-15, (the party is next Wednesday) the week before the draw I was in Costco and saw some mens gloves with a built in hand warmer priced $15.99. One of my colleagues is always cold so I really hoped I would draw his name and I did (no cheating, I assure you) my husband was going back to Costco so I directed him to the gloves….he called me said they had all gone, I was so disappointed. So much so that I didn’t believe him and went to the store myself. I found the gloves aha!…..but I had made a mistake….the sign above said $99.95!! I have fallen back on another like of my colleague’s, puzzles. This is another great gift idea if your family is into puzzles, we love games and puzzles and always buy one we can all enjoy together every holiday. I think the gift of time is important and ask for dinner with my kids or an experience we can share. One year, pre pandemic, instead of gifts we all went to Universal Studios, it proved to be a wonderful idea as only a couple of months later the world was plunged into chaos and isolation! Merry Christmas, or Happy Holidays to your family. Your gift to us all is this weekly letter, thank you!
Such a bummer about the gloves! I think you should get full credit for the thought! And I love the idea of family puzzles and trips. Thanks for sharing!