If you can't think of a "good" gift to give for Christmas, this is what your loved ones really want:
Via Myrtle Beach Real Estate by Mirela Monte:
What is the spirit of Christmas? It's in GIVING isn't it?
While we have been so adept at giving so much of the useless, we have become stingier and stingier with the important stuff: our time, our efforts, our involvement.
Who needs another sweater? Who needs another trinket? Why not do something special and new this year? Why not really put some thought into this year's Christmas gift giving?
I know that while my 95 year old grandmother appreciates any material gift I give her, she would trade it all in for another day spent with me. Taking her for a walk in her wheelchair, asking her specific questions that jot her memory about her youth, brushing her hair, listening to yet another CD of Romanian folk songs while I dance for her, now THAT would make my grandmother much happier than any jewelry or clothes I could buy her. That's just what I'm going to give her for Christmas this year.
My sister will love the picture I found going through my old albums. I am personalizing the frame to accentuate the mood of the picture. She will love it! It's a very special moment in her life and it will put a smile on her face every time she looks at it.
There are so many meaningful gifts we can give our loved ones. Gifts that say: you are so important to me! Look at how much thought I put into this! Instead of mindlessly picking up a gift at the mall, look at what I've created for you!
From baking a loaf of fresh bread, to framing a picture, or reading someone a book. This year, show that you really care: put away your credit cards and give this gift giving business a deep thought!
Let's put our heads together and come up with some real winners! If you've created something special for your loved one, please share it with us! Let's make this an exchange of wonderful ideas for meaningful gifts!
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Shirley, Every year at Halloween we carve our pumpkins the day before Trick or Treating (Oct. 30). After Halloween, on Nov. 1st we chop up the jackolantern, bake it and put the roasted pumpkin in the freezer in bags. Over the next few weeks, we make mini loaves of pumpkin bread and freeze them. Beginning at Thanksgiving, we give (or use) these loaves to all we socialize with. It is a wonderful way to share the Holidays. Everyone looks forward to our bread at their gathering, and it is no trouble at all to us. This year we even had enough to make our pies at Thanksgiving. Happy Holidays. Brenda in Key West
Hi Shirley,
that is a sweet gesture. My credit cards have been put away along time ago. I only shop for my husband and I am going to take your suggestion. I hope he will like whatever personal touch I give him.
Shirley - This was such an inspirational blog. It is easy to just go purchase something from the store, but so rewarding to make something to give as a gift. Ceil use to make homemade bread and give to some of our friends and they loved the bread. Her Sunday school class you to make small stuffed pillows to take to the nursing home for some to put behind their back when they sat in the wheel chairs. Ummm I wonder why they don't do that anymroe.
The gift of time spent together is the best gift of all.
I've always found it interesting how other cultures appreciate their families, especially the elderly patriarchs of the family. Here we shuttle them off to a nursing home to be with their own kind. So sad.