Ah, the holidays! It’s that wonderful time of year when friends and family gather to delight in each other’s company. We all have our special memories of holiday gifts we have received over the years. Sometimes those memories are special because the gifts were a little … off-target. Some of them may have missed the bull’s-eye by a few miles! A friend of mine once received a huge bundle of cinnamon sticks tied up with a pink ribbon. Her comment: “I don’t cook and have no idea how people even use cinnamon sticks. What in the world was I supposed to do with all of them – build a little log cabin, maybe?”
Tell us about the best or worst holiday gift you ever received. You can change the name of the gift-giver to spare Aunt Martha or Cousin Lester any embarrassment!
Although I'm a smidge past 60, the best and most unexpected Christmas gift I've ever received was a few years ago, given to me by my mother and stepfather. They gave each of their children -- four of us in all -- checks for $4,000. As a single parent I was struggling to make ends meet but this gift of love allowed me to pay off some bills and make a generous donation to Mama Hill's Help, Inc., a local tutorial program run entirely on small donations. I could have gone shopping, like my other siblings, but my parents' generosity allowed me to exercise gift-giving and that, truly, was my greatest gift.
Posted by: Valerie Shaw, M.PR | December 24, 2007 at 02:57 PM