Speaking of Christmas---I recently emailed our annual randomly chosen Christmas List to everyone in the family who is employed and out of school and is old enough to purchase one gift for another member. Every adult has something to open and no one has to worry about breaking the bank with buying individual gifts for all. Anything on sale works, but a reasonable limit is set and, ignoring inflation, we always keep the limit the same. I’d tell you what our limit is but then you would discover either how cheap or extravagant we are. Besides, I like to add mystery to your lives.
So here is the great Christmas idea. I was talking to Christine Clark, a very nice new acquaintance, and she told me what her family does in December. They, too, draw names and every Christmas Eve, they exchange a pair of brand new and freshly laundered (to remove the sizing) pajamas and a book! They dress in their jammies and eat fondue and do wholesome all-American family activities. (We always have Grampy read The Night Before Christmas to the children. Very sweet. This, of course, goes along with the book theme).
No matter what you do for your Christmas, if you don’t already have a single gift exchange with a limit, please consider it. Just think, no after Christmas credit card bills to pay!
PS All bets are off when it comes to the little ones and presents, of course!
