| Christmas is a red-letter day of rejoicing and gifting the | | | | few key words. Follow up with an inventory of what |
| world over. A profoundly symbolic celebration that | | | | best represents those qualities. Then decide what/how |
| binds family, friends and strangers together in | | | | you can create, buy, hire, share or enshrine. Go for it. |
| mysterious ties of love, hope, faith and charity. A | | | | If shared creatively, your gifts can touch more |
| deeply serious yet exuberant occasion, the | | | | significantly than any gilt-edged offering. And then again |
| complexities of gift at Christmas can be completely | | | | if you know that something from that store shelf is |
| removed if you follow your heart. | | | | what somebody has been waiting and waiting for, buy |
| Gifts at Christmas are fast becoming mass produced | | | | it. Cakes, cookies, candles, bouquets, books, Bordeaux, |
| duplicates that show no personality or ingenuity on the | | | | watches, walnuts, winter-wear-run through the |
| part of the giver. To break free from the repetitive | | | | alphabet and you can find what you want. |
| shopping pattern, nurture a new creation, a new | | | | The Christmas gift can also include selfless |
| thought, a new idea however impossible or far | | | | giving-caroling-for-the-needy, church programs, sweets |
| fetched. The best Christmas gifts are born from | | | | at the local hospital, an seniors' day picnic-at-the-park. |
| them-personalized gifting inspired by the best of human | | | | Discuss ideas with your kids for gifts for the less |
| emotion and feeling. | | | | fortunate and gift memories of a lifetime. |
| Start early and plan through the year. Construct an | | | | Peace, brotherhood and harmony-let you Christmas |
| only-for-Christmas list. Jot down all the people who | | | | gifting catch the universal spirit. Let them reflect the |
| have touched your life and whom you would like to | | | | good cheer, color and magic of mankind's divinity. |
| extend tidings of joy. Record their personalities with a | | | | Merry Christmas. |