tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702380.post116442362326949794..comments2023-10-23T06:31:49.539-07:00Comments on Hollywood Flakes: Christmas Name Draw for Gifts/PresentsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702380.post-1164769616264182992006-11-28T19:06:00.000-08:002006-11-28T19:06:00.000-08:00Give John some credit! He did love letters for eve...Give John some credit! He did love letters for everyone's present in the past and I love them! I have them saved. Mary also is very good about sending love letters! I'm sure you've gotten them. As for me, I've gotten the girls "big" present off the curve where it was left by someone for trash day. I hope they like it! I'll supplement with dollar store buys.Catherine M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09020897150872708313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702380.post-1164611444923061102006-11-26T23:10:00.000-08:002006-11-26T23:10:00.000-08:00ok so a couple of thoughts, i say go ahead and pul...ok so a couple of thoughts, i say go ahead and pull out the tin foil but go back to the good old days and make us all tin foil jewlery!! great idea. oh, and ps. I had all 50 or so of the people on my list bouught for and tonight, wrapped. I WIN! kidding, it is just that i work in retail and i wouldnt be caught dead in a mall after thanksgiving. good luck. <BR/><BR/>oh, and i think the card thing would go over really well. honest, i would love it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702380.post-1164607514431297452006-11-26T22:05:00.000-08:002006-11-26T22:05:00.000-08:00Kyle's family does that and that was a whole new g...Kyle's family does that and that was a whole new game for me since my family's rather small. We actually draw names and I hate to say it, I'm a gift card giver. Heck, I love it when I get them and isn't the thought to get someone something you'd want yourself? I figure they can always pick out something they like and if they don't, that's their problem. The deep thought part of the gift is just WHERE to buy the gift card. And instead of regular card envelope, you could drop it into one of your homemade pretty bags or mushy letters...? Homemade and thoughtful!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702380.post-1164602511503169192006-11-26T20:41:00.000-08:002006-11-26T20:41:00.000-08:00sarah, i was just thinking the same thing as raine...sarah, i was just thinking the same thing as rainey. you had drawn MY name that year and everybody realized that I had gotten WAY more from my draw name person (you) than anybody else had. you set a new standard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702380.post-1164491208490734742006-11-25T13:46:00.000-08:002006-11-25T13:46:00.000-08:00Sar give yourself some cred. Remember the time yo...Sar give yourself some cred. Remember the time you gave us all fancy perfume in sparkly drawstring bags that you had made your-very-own-self? That was way above and beyond. Esp for Flake Christmases when the gifts are usually something like a box of your favorite cereal. I still have my perfume (obsession), I hoard it for special occasions. You're a good santa, you are you are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702380.post-1164480141613519652006-11-25T10:42:00.000-08:002006-11-25T10:42:00.000-08:00Gosh, I can really relate to the pillowcases.. On...Gosh, I can really relate to the pillowcases.. One year mom got really inventive and got a halloween pillowcase for my (october)birthday. My most memorable pillowcase wrapping was the one my greatgrandma needlepointed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702380.post-1164472045468450302006-11-25T08:27:00.000-08:002006-11-25T08:27:00.000-08:00Well, you know Sarah, your teen years are for bein...Well, you know Sarah, your teen years are for being an uptight, sullen pill. It's okay.<BR/><BR/>If it makes you feel any better, I spent every birthday and holiday from the age of 16 to 22 wishing, hoping, PRAYING that this would be the year I'd get a car. Which is awful, I know, because tons of people never get cars at all, much less as a gift while a teenager... but in our neighborhood? Where kids got cars (often fancy ones) when they turned 16 ALL THE TIME? And here I was hoping, FANTASIZING about anything with an engine that would GO, regardless of appearance or smell? Kind of a downer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702380.post-1164435589323683242006-11-24T22:19:00.000-08:002006-11-24T22:19:00.000-08:00That's so funny--I could see myself doing that--Oh...That's so funny--I could see myself doing that--Oh! I'm so sorry! I forgot to wrap it!<BR/><BR/>One year my mom bought me expensive earrings that I really hated. She told me she would take them back to the jeweler if I wanted (before she knew I didn't love them) and we could pick out something different. <BR/><BR/>I really debated long and hard about it and then decided if it were me and I'd spent that much money on someone (this was an exceptionally generous year for my mom--she'd just remarried) I would want them to be honest and have something they really wanted.<BR/><BR/>So I told her I didn't really wear earrings very often and would probably prefer a ring. She complied, but I often wondered if that was an ungracious move on my part. <BR/><BR/>Good luck--at this stage in my life I'm ready to just say (and I have at times before) don't get me anything--just make a donation to the homeless shelter or some other worthy cause.dalenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13414972890937798371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702380.post-1164428290294305452006-11-24T20:18:00.000-08:002006-11-24T20:18:00.000-08:00Eeeactually, we also rotate. Sarah just calls that...Eeeactually, we also rotate. Sarah just calls that drawing names.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702380.post-1164426490683856322006-11-24T19:48:00.000-08:002006-11-24T19:48:00.000-08:00We do something similar since we have a large fami...We do something similar since we have a large family. But instead of drawing names we rotate. I keep the chart and email it out to everyone. (I have it made out until 2010). That way you never give to or receive from the same person two years in a row.Celia Marie (W.) B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16484176433038759287noreply@blogger.com