Christmas List
Well we had a very delicious Thanksgiving dinner and we had all my grandchildren home (one 15 year old lives with her dad in another town). There was a lot of noise of course when you have three kids laughing and teasing each other. I find the older I get the harder it is to take all the action. We all had our hair done by our 5 year old playing with the (unplugged) curling iron. Ouch! He had watched them really using the iron the day before so he decided he would try it. My daughter and the kids went to Oklahoma City on Friday to shop. Now that takes guts, on Black Friday in a big city, to shop. I went one year and that was one time too many. It was like shopping with a heard of buffalo. I fail to understand shopping like that for only a few dollars off. I have done most of my shopping online in the comfort of my living room, with only my two cats to contend with.
We got our Christmas trees up and decorated which we always try to do the day after Thanksgiving day while my daughter is off work and can help me. A few years back we went to artificial trees since it seemed like the live trees they were bringing in were usually dead in a week to 10 days. Plus I HATED having to get all the needles out of the carpet and I want to go green to save real trees. Next is the task of wrapping Christmas presents which I always seem to put off until the last minute. I just don't like getting out all the paper, clearing off a place to wrap and getting it done. Thank goodness for those big bags to put large items in and for decorative boxes. For those trying to save money this year, here is a list of some items I think make great gifts for Christmas:
Good magazines or books for the teenagers
A family board game
An iPod for any of the kids that don't have one
A Doll or small train for the young kids
Warm pajamas for moms and dads
A collectible for collectors in the family
A new backpack for the school kids
Plus don't forget to give a gift to your YWCA or Salvation Army for someone needy.
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