I’m all for home made Christmas gifts. I mean if you have the time and skills to make something for your loved ones than nothing can be better than to craft something by yourself. I have minimal crafting skill. I make really good holiday cards but that’s about it. I can’t exactly mass produce Christmas holiday gifts for everyone on my list. I guess some people have it and others don’t...
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For those who don’t have it, I absolutely beg them to stop trying or get lessons before their next attempt. I send Christmas gift baskets to my neighbors around Christmas and I add a hand crafted card as a personalized touch. One of my neighbors was under the impression that I make these Christmas gift baskets myself. I assured her I didn’t posses the skill or the time for something like that. But that didn’t stop her from trying to match her skills with that of the store people. She went around one year handing out Christmas gift baskets she had made herself. The stuff inside was an assortment of things from cookies to movie tickets to ornaments and what not. It was hard to guess what the theme of the basket was.
She had decorated it with just about every type of decoration available at the craft store. It was full of tinsel, ribbons, stickers and bows. Of course no one said anything and she took the expression on my face to mean I was impressed. When someone finally told her that her Christmas gift baskets were horrible, the poor thing cried her heart out. I felt personally responsible. I bought a special Christmas gift for her; a fruit bouquet. They make really great Edible Christmas gifts and good food helps heal the heart. It was like giving Christmas fruits only much better. She absolutely loved it. Her home was full of handmade stuff. I had never known she was so interested in crafts. I gave her the address of a place where they offered crafting classes. Her Christmas gift baskets have improved but she always send me one of the fruit bouquets I got for her and I love them!
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