First Secret Santa....now how about a White Elephant trade?
For Christmas, someone gave me lotion and hydrating spray from the Kohala Sports Club--both in "pineapple pear" scent. I have an overabundance of moisturizers and I don't use hydrating spray. So now...
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Patrick that is what we do, no birthday or Christmas present but each of us gets to pick one night or two at a posh place to stay.
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Scarlett--You should have kept the dishes...you could have fed the otter off of them
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The gift I'm most appalled by in this thread is the dirty, smokey, yarn toy and the smokey toothbrush holder. If it's the thought that counts, that thought doesn't count for anything at all!!Some of...
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So true, Elaine. I remember when I married. One gift was a silver candle holder. I didn't own a candlestick at that time.
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Very true! The adult members of our family recently decided to skip Xmas gifts in lieu of a charitable donation--best idea we ever had. Some of us still exchanged little treats, like some chocolate,...
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Elaine,You're so right! I have one very dear friend who always wants to be especially creative and goes to way too much trouble for a gift I don't really want. I've gotten to the point where I have to...
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My parents have always been hard to shop for. If they need something, they go and buy it. And now they are trying to get rid of stuff so they really don't want any new items. So gift cards for...
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We use Heifer International and the Buddy Shelter.
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Well, I'm allergic to frankincense and I'm just overstocked with myhrr, so I guess it's going to have to be gold! I just thought of another type of gift I'd love to get besides book cards. Any kind of...
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About half the time we go away for Christmas, just our immediate family of 4. When we do this, we each only get 1 gift. The trip is essentially the gift, but with kids they like to open something....
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Last year we made an effort prior to the holidays to find out the favorite charities of several friends we exchange with. Their gift from us was a donation in their honor and I honestly felt that this...
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What's tacky to one is not to another.You must also know someone's taste like Perfume.Imagine giving Taboo to someone who likes L'Occitaine, Books are another danger, Music also, imagine giving me rap...
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Mimi, love that Agraria Bitter Orange, unfortunately pricey, but wonderful!
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OK so....no takers for my pineapple pear stuff?
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you can donate soaps and other toiletries that have scents you don't like to women shelters.We have a place here called Rosie's Place.
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Oh, Melissa, I think that means "no"!
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Oh, and let me plug a website I really like, www.justgive.org. When you buy a gift certificate there, the recipient gets to choose which charity to give it to--the list is enormously long. Saves even...
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I got a small litter box with a rake. Supposed to be a zen garden. Go figure.
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