let's you know how many people you have to buy for - 71 - how much you have spent - yikes - and you enter in when you have wrapped and delivered your presents...
thrilling... i've spent so much time using this app that now i have 8 days left till christmas and only three gifts wrapped... but brilliant...
every year i love trying to think of the perfect gift for those on my list... a few i don't give a whole lot of thought to... sorry uncle ted... but for the 68 others i really, really enjoy thinking about what would make them smile or cry when they open it...
or dance for joy... really the best reaction is tears... that's when you know that you've outdone yourself...
unless the person is a crier... i which case i usually get socks or tea towels for that person...
let's take these three for example... you first of all would think - get 'em a hat... but you'd be wrong cuz this was just a silly, crazy family get-together for my grandma's birthday and these ladies got out of hand...
that's my mom on the right... she thinks her gardener's hat is hilarious right there...
so she's the one that i usually try to get NOT to cry... cuz that's more of a challenge than the other option....
she usually cries when we arrive at her house, then sienna will say something sweet and she'll cry, then she'll cry about forgetting to have thawed the turkey, then she'll cry at the christmas eve service because the candlelight is so magical, so by christmas morning i feel like for her sake and for ours she needs a breather...
a gag gift is perfect for her... a rubber chicken or funny napkins...
been there, done that... kinda quit doing it when i got it in return...
30th birthday and my husband decides saving the life of a panda bear is more important than my happiness that day....
i mean - you do get that sense of overwhelming goodness...
it's just you don't have a present and i got him one for his 30th... and then you feel awfully selfish if you claim that your need for the new gucci perfume is above that of the helpless little panda...
my question is... did the 'charity gift-giver' just not have a good gift idea or ran out of time and decided that they'd tell you that the charity gift is in your name...
even though they were going to donate all along anyways...
they 'kill two birds with one stone'... get their charity on and christmas gift shopping all done on one day online...
or... does one take it as a hint that they are being told to be a bit more selfless and that it is disgusting the pedicure bubble bath they bought themselves... when millions don't own shoes???
i usually like to include in the charity card a little... "merry christmas... hint, hint - you could do more charity work"...
third point... the gift of 'presence' instead of 'presents'...
only issue i have with this is that you are assuming the the recipient would rather you and your 'stories' and 'jokes' rather than an actual gift...
i feel like you should really do some soul searching before you decide what is actually better...
you or a blender...
last of all... this is my idea for this year... the perfect gift... what christmas is all about...
the gift of LOVE...
this is truly why Jesus came to earth right??? to share love and teach us how to love???
so... i'm wrapping up boxes filled with...
'the idea of love'...
and when friends, family, coaches, teachers.... when they open the empty boxes and look puzzled and bewildered...
i'll say, "can you feel it??? it's LOVE... it's invisible... but it's real... enjoy"...
2 comments:
Merry Christmas!!! See ya in 2012! (you don't need to get me a gift this year, bff is enough)
Jen
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