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fuzzywuzzy
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by fuzzywuzzy » Tue Dec 18, 2007 12:48 pm
When you get a great gift for someone? To be honest...I get more out of giving a gift than receiving one! I think that I must be channeling Santa Claus or Hanukkah Harry!
Ah, yes, a Red Ryder BB Gun!
A gift doesn't have to be expensive or "special" to be a true gift. I think of the person...then get a gift that I know that person would like.
I have bought a book for my sister in-law for Christmas, that was signed by the author along with a personal message.
I can't wait til she gets in via UPS! I will be there too!
fuzzywuzzy (who is doin' a christmas jig!)
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it."
— Mark Twain
"Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else."
- Judy Garland
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earendel
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by earendel » Tue Dec 18, 2007 1:01 pm
fuzzywuzzy wrote:When you get a great gift for someone? To be honest...I get more out of giving a gift than receiving one! I think that I must be channeling Santa Claus or Hanukkah Harry!
Ah, yes, a Red Ryder BB Gun!
A gift doesn't have to be expensive or "special" to be a true gift. I think of the person...then get a gift that I know that person would like.
I have bought a book for my sister in-law for Christmas, that was signed by the author along with a personal message.
I can't wait til she gets in via UPS! I will be there too!
fuzzywuzzy (who is doin' a christmas jig!)
My first, flippant answer was, "With my fingers."
Having read the post, I have a different answer. There are times that I just know that I've hit on the perfect gift for elwing. Nothing beats that sense of satisfaction.
"Elen sila lumenn omentielvo...A star shines on the hour of our meeting."
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peacock2121
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by peacock2121 » Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:24 pm
It is a better feeling than when someone gets me the perfect gift.
Not by much, but a better feeling none the less.
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Appa23
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by Appa23 » Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:27 pm
fuzzywuzzy wrote:When you get a great gift for someone? To be honest...I get more out of giving a gift than receiving one! I think that I must be channeling Santa Claus or Hanukkah Harry!
Ah, yes, a Red Ryder BB Gun!
A gift doesn't have to be expensive or "special" to be a true gift. I think of the person...then get a gift that I know that person would like.
I have bought a book for my sister in-law for Christmas, that was signed by the author along with a personal message.
I can't wait til she gets in via UPS! I will be there too!
fuzzywuzzy (who is doin' a christmas jig!)
I hate getting gifts.
I love giving gifts.
I suspect that there will be some excited yelling by kids at my in-laws house when gifts are opened.
(We already "opened" our main gift to each other, as it was a new bedroom set that was delivered in late October and early November.)
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peacock2121
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by peacock2121 » Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:31 pm
Hate getting gifts?
Really?
Why?
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lilclyde54
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by lilclyde54 » Tue Dec 18, 2007 4:43 pm
There are few holiday experiences than knowing that you got an absolutely perfect gift for someone.
I felt the change
Time meant nothing and never would again
