Think back and remember your favorite Christmas gifts. I bet there are only a handful of them. It’s hard to have more than five bests (five is a handful, right?). Amidst all the commercial hype, the relentless selling machine and the almost obscene load of presents under your tree right now, think ahead to Christmas [...]
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After reading this Best of Holidailies recently, I’ve been thinking about how gift-giving happens in our family, with my Santa-believing, starry-eyed-over-Christmas kid. Back in the olden days, when the Kid was a baby, it was absolutely true that you could give him a box and he was happy.
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Every year, I try to pick a charity to focus my attention on in small ways. It’s usually not a huge outlay of cash or effort, but I do focus positive energy in that direction, and the result is that every small effort builds up and actually does make a difference, a contribution. It is [...]
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