![]() Thanks in large part to my husband’s five uncles, four aunts, 19 cousins, and 11 (and counting) cousins’ kids, emergency gifts are part of my holiday shopping every year. ![]() Such an inexpensive, all-purpose present must not only suit and delight just about any recipient it should also be something you can easily buy in bulk, that won’t expire quickly if you wind up not giving it away (you can use it yourself or hang onto it for next year), and that’s of modest size-because you don’t want to telegraph the fact that you have a CYA gift tucked away in a drawer or carryall, to be unveiled only as needed. The friend of a friend who, unbeknownst to you, has level-jumped your relationship to include an end-of-year gift exchange.Ī small reserve of emergency, just-in-case gifts could save you from inadvertently playing the part of a holiday scrooge in several circumstances this season. The neighbor who surprises you with a hand-delivered bottle of wine or a box of baked goods on the first night of Hanukkah. ![]() The relative who forgot to RSVP to Christmas brunch, but shows up at your front door. ![]()
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