Welcome to Tuesday 4 kept up in honor and memory of Toni Taddeo.
Let's talk about gifts this week.
1. Whether it's Christmas, Chanukah or a birthday party nice gifts can be hard to
pick out. Is there a safe go to gift you think will fit anyone?
I usually will go to the bookstore, even though they are harder and harder to find these days. I am particularly sad that all of our Christian book stores have left our area. I like to see the book up close and personally before I make decisions!
2. Is wrapping a gift a necessary part of the excitement of giving and receiving?
I love to gift wrap and I use beautiful fabric ribbons on my packages.. that way they can be recycled.
3. What gifts given to you did you love the most?
Great books, items that were carefully chosen becasue of my keen interests, such as tea, music, British items, etc.
4. In the O. Henry book The Gift of the Magi, a man sells his pocket watch to buy
some beautiful hair combs for his wife's long hair but she has sold her hair to buy
him a platinum pocket watch chain.
Have you ever saved long and hard to buy someone a special gift? Would you be
okay with a holiday that didn't include gifts? Would friends and family understand?
No to the first question.. I love The Gift of the Magi, but I have never gone to such lengths,. or might I say had to. This Christmas is a holiday with very few gifts.. I do not plan to see any folks locally, unless between holidays I may have a couple of friends over... I hope so anyway, We will not see family so our gift giving is very sparse, gift cards and subscriptions mainly! We have discussed this and everyone was in agreement, and actually as far as family goes, we agree gift giving had gotten somewhat out of hand. We felt it was time to spent Christmas reflecting on what Christmas is, instead of what we can get out of it!
If you've not read the works of O. Henry, I encourage you to give them a read. You
will not be disappointed in any of his stories!
Yesterday I looked for a Christian bookstore and so many were closed down!! I couldn't believe it. I was looking for a Common English Wesley study bible.. Barnes and Noble is going to order it for me.. but, I miss going into small book stores and browsing and love to see books up close and personal as they say. The huge stores are taking over everywhere. Thank you so much for joining in. I love reading the answers :)
ReplyDeleteWe have pretty much stopped giving gifts except within our immediate family. My sister and her family are a couple of hours away, and if we can get together we do a fun "white elephant gift" exchange game which can become quite competitive and fun, and no one has to buy anything. I love books, tea things, etc., but when it comes to books I usually like to pick out my own as I am rather particular about what kinds of books I will read. I love bookstores too, but haven't been to a real one in a long time as they no longer exist. So I have to order online, but I mostly go to the library. Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteI love book stores. Fortunately we still have several Christian book stores here. Loved your answers! Have a nice week.
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