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Re: What holiday gifts are you excited about giving this year?

Ngonzi Truth Crushshon — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:54:42 -0000

overly

Re: What holiday gifts are you excited about giving this year?

Ngonzi Truth Crushshon — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:51:03 -0000

I'm overally excited about giving love, joy & smiles!
Christmas cards, phone calls and holiday visits.

Re: What holiday gifts are you excited about giving this year?

Jane Winkler — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:17:21 -0000

Gifts to the less fortunate...it makes me feel a bit less powerless during these scary times....

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Theresa L — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:20:32 -0000

Thanks, Carrie!
I've been fortunate to have had some great teachers (eg Mum Mentors!) as well as support from friends and family

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writework — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:59:07 -0000

For my husband and older kids (23 and 22), I give each 100.00 (maybe 50.00 this year, due to economic situation!) and tell them to buy their own gift, BUT they must promise to spend it on themselves, and must wrap the gift and put it under the tree till Christmas morning. they get what they want, and I learn more about them in the process-plus I get the surprise (and it usually IS quite a surprise) of finding out what my gift is. Who knew my husband coveted a food dryer thingy? It is radical, but fun.

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Terry Fitzgerald — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:05:57 -0000

Whenever my wife and I are out together i make niote of the things that she sees and likes. Then after we have decided what our gift budget is I go throught he list and pick out the one(s) I think are most meaningful.

Re: What holiday gifts are you excited about giving this year?

Shannon — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:53:56 -0000

So many great ideas offered here, thanks everyone! ...some of them I plan to use. Our family is very much into making gifts and this year, and wish to spend time doing things together instead of spending time shopping for each other. A special gift I am working on is a photo journal of a recent cycling trip that included the Livestrong events in Austin. My daughter and I did the 4300 km trip in memory of a friend who passed away just a few days before we left... the journal is for Adrian's three young son's, and will be part of a collection of reflections and memories from all those who loved him.

Re: What holiday gifts are you excited about giving this year?

kerrymac — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:09:56 -0000

Hello Carrie,

We made the dog cookies with a mix we bought...it was super easy. I do have
recipe around though somewhere....I'll try and find it for you.

Re: What holiday gifts are you excited about giving this year?

alligator_kate — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:13:20 -0000

I also read recently in the New York Times, actually, about someone who wrote heartfelt, meaningful thank you cards as Christmas presents... Thank yous to people for being who they are. I love this idea too, and am excited to try it.

Re: What holiday gifts are you excited about giving this year?

alligator_kate — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:11:10 -0000

Thanks for this inspiration! I make my own cleaners, but had not thought to package them cutely as gifts... I will try it and report back on your blog. :)

Re: What holiday gifts are you excited about giving this year?

CarrieM — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:04:44 -0000

Ahhh, authenticity is a wonderful gift. Thanks for spreading our message.

Re: What holiday gifts are you excited about giving this year?

CarrieM — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:02:42 -0000

great ideas, is the dog biscuit recipe on your blog?

Re: What holiday gifts are you excited about giving this year?

alligator_kate — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:02:23 -0000

Homemade: The winter cold care package: elderberry syrup, ginger slippery elm throat lozenges, white pine syrup, tulsi honey, garlic honey, boneset tincture, fire cider
Homemade: the home spa treatment: oat/linden face scrub, elder flower face steam, rosemary witch hazel toner, lavender honey mask, white clay and rosewater mask, lavender and sustainably harvested sandalwood body lotion.

In decoupaged cigar boxes.

I know I would like them... I hope my family does. They can be a bit commercial, but I am just over that aspect of the holidays, though I know I'll have some great books on the list.

Re: What holiday gifts are you excited about giving this year?

CarrieM — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:54:09 -0000

That is so lovely and thoughtful.

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CarrieM — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:50:09 -0000

you are a great Mum T!

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Alison — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:12:12 -0000

She'll love it. Its pure validation: so powerful.

Re: What holiday gifts are you excited about giving this year?

Alison — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:10:46 -0000

Aww! Such a thoughtful and wonderful gift. I hope that he loves it!

Re: What holiday gifts are you excited about giving this year?

Cobby — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:04:59 -0000

I am really excited about giving my husband a year's worth of pedicures at a new upscale barber shop in our area for Christmas. He has incredibly rough feet that crack and hurt. We've tried everything to help make them softer, but nothing has worked. I'm so excited about it because it's something he needs that will make him feel good and will allow me to snuggle up to him at night and rub feet to warm up. I'm also thrilled because the barber shop is pre-selling the gift certificates at 50% off face value to build their client base before they open so I'm getting a great deal too.

Re: What holiday gifts are you excited about giving this year?

carolynn — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:15:51 -0000

Well....I have to admit, one of the gifts I'm most excited about giving this year is a copy of Style Statement to my niece who is in her early 20's. I'm also going to print and frame some of my own photographs and give those as gifts to friends & family. They're not too shabby, if I do say so myself.

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Daniel Gibbons — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:09:58 -0000

We're staying with my brother and his wife and seven-month-old for a night or two. I'd love to babysit and give them the chance for a proper night out.

Re: What holiday gifts are you excited about giving this year?

kerrymac — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:38:18 -0000

Homemade, eco cleaners for the home...I posted some recipes on my blog under the eco living category. Chic stainless steel spray bottles and some great Martha Stewart labels will make these cleaners gift worthy for sure. We also made some homemade dog biscuits together for our furry friends.
www.snickerdoodles.typepad.com

Re: What holiday gifts are you excited about giving this year?

Suzyn — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:08:48 -0000

Last year, we had a picture of our sons printed on postcard-sized magnets at vistaprint.com. Every single family member now has it on their fridge!

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Suzyn — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:06:30 -0000

Every year I make an ornament for each of my nieces and nephews. This year they are little knitted puffs with a snowflake on one side and their initial on the other. And I came up with the best secret santa gag gift - a share of a goat from Heifer.org. "Share of a goat" ought to get a laugh, but no one has to take home any cr*p, and a family in El Salvador will be that much closer to financial independence.

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Susie Hutchinson — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:05:35 -0000

We are giving photographs this year. Some of our daughter, and wedding photos of my husbands parents to his siblings.

Re: What holiday gifts are you excited about giving this year?

Ellen — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:21:16 -0000

I'm not giving material gifts this year - no money.
I am giving myself a month of focusing on spirit and light.