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giving is a
By Helen Owen
If you are the sort of person who starts
preparing for Christmas the first week in
January, then no doubt, your Christmas
shopping is more or less completed.
However, so often this is not the case and the
result is a frantic last minute search when
stores are crowded and prices are high.
But gift giving is not just making a pur-
chase — it is a token of caring.
Admittedly we live in a very materialistic
society, and the media advertising certainly
perpetuates this concept, but surely it is one
of which we should be aware of. True giving
may mean giving something of oneself —
time to knit that complicated sweater, con-
struct a stool or child's desk, utilize those
special skills which not only produce unique
gifts but also items that are treasured and
perhaps may be passed on from one genera -
Hints for
kids' parties
Having a party for the kids? When the
kids are getting a bit too boisterous, try this
strategy: As each child arrives, he picks a
number from a Christmas stocking. A
duplicate set of numbers is kept in a
brightly -wrapped box. Then, when things
are gettng overly boisterous, signal drawing
time by ringing a bell or flicking the light on
and off. Draw a number from the box and
the child with the number gets to choose his
prize from the basket of gifts.
The little expense of the prizes is well -
spent since it helps to keep the party more
pleasant.
The Christmas
tree has
a long history...
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According to an old legend, a poor peasant
woman, with many children, decorated a
Christmas tree with such humble trimmings
as she was able to gather, mostly berries
and nuts and such odds and ends as she had
managed to save up during the year. She
labored far into the night trying to make her
tree as beautiful as she could.
While she was asleep, spiders came and
crawled from branch to branch trailing
their lacy webs behind them. To reward the
woman for her devotion, The Christ Child
blessed the tree and all the spider webs were
turned into gleaming silver.
tion to another.
Producing this type of gift means time,
thought and patience and these combine to
express the true meaning of `giving'.
Finding the right gift for the recipient is
also a challenge. It requires imagination,
and sometimes ingenuity, and it is not
always the most expensive and
sophisticated toy that delights the heart of a
child. Rather it is that which has a strong
personal appeal. Then again in, some in-
stances practical items which eiurage in-
dividual hobbies and home occupations not
only delight the recipient, but indirectly
token of caring
reveal the perception and awareness of the
donor.
And, how often do you hear — "What can
we give older people. They always say they
don't need anything." But that's not really
true and some consideration of their life
style may provide valuable clues.
Are their families widespread? What
about gift tokens for telephone calls, sta-
tionery, postage stamps, boxes of assorted
greeting cards. Perhaps a pre -paid trip,
restaurant meal or theatre ticket would of-
fer a treat to be enjoyed long after
Christmas.
Then for those with horticultural in-
terests, indoor or out there are a number of =
acceptable items, plants, shrubs, bulbs,
equipment to facilitate gardening chores, as
well as materials and kits for embroidery,
sewing and knitting, paints and brushes and
sketch blocks for the artistically inclined,
tools for the would be cabinet maker.
Remember that retirement is the time for
pursuing long delayed interests.
So just a few thoughts on giving, giving
that is not a chore but something that can
prove a very rewarding and enjoyable
experience.
Words
of wisdom
It is good to be children sometimes and
never better than at Christmas when its
mighty Founder was a child Himself.
—Charles Dickens.
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