January 6, 2010
On the 365th Day of Christmas…
Looking back over the craze of the holiday season, I worry that I did not get gifts for everyone on my list. So many folks were out of town and I wonder if I put off getting their gifts so much that I have just simply completely forgotten. My best friend is the greatest at gift giving. She makes her list, checks it twice, and regardless of your naughty/nice status, she has a full-out plan for what your gifts will include.
"All of your gifts are themed," she explained, stacking them neatly under the tree. She picked up a smaller cube and shook it at me. "Well, except this one. But everything else goes together." I stared in awe at the preparation. A theme?!
It was Monday before Christmas and I had not even begun thinking about who I needed to get gifts for.
I am the sort of person who enjoys spontaneous gifting. Or even birthday gifting, as the birthdays of the closest people in my life are spread evenly out through the year. That gives me plenty of time to think of special things.
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Spur-of-the-moment hand-me-downs make the best gifts in my eyes. It is how I have acquired my cell phone, laptop and cowboy boots. My favorite pair of glasses were actually a long-abandoned pair I found in the lost-and-found bin at work years ago. My parents hate them. I think they are much better than my other ones, which are held together with duct tape.
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My belated holiday gifts are things that come from my heart - from homemade hot cocoa mix handed down from my great-grandmother to my favorite Rumi quotes handwritten and tied up with ribbon. Some may think I am cheap or uncaring; truth is I just do not feel comfortable giving if it is not from the heart. Isn't that what the holidays are about anyway? I think it is more fun to just keep giving - from the heart - through the entire year.
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