CHRISTMAS PRESENTS FOR 2012 by Lois Valentin
With all the moving I have done in the past few years and the terrible weather complete with power outages combined with a nasty economy with an even nastier income, Christmas 2011 will not be as I had hoped.
Even though I have stated that this will be my last Christmas, I thought about the recipients of any gifts I would have intended to buy for next year. So... a solution for Christmas 2012 came into play at a local thrift store.
In the free shelf high atop everything else was some red and white plush fabric. Actually it was a Christmas stocking that had its seams ripped open. It seems like no one wanted to sew it and out it went. My luck.
I washed, dried and sewed the seams. Put the white top back on . Now I have a super large 44 inch Christmas stocking. It's 17 inches wide. it's going to be hung in my office/ Grammie Lois's office year round. Now anytime I find a gift for someone, whether from recycle, freecycle, thrift store, yard sale, retail store, whatever, the gift will go right into the stocking.. I might even wrap them . Then when Christmas 2012 rolls around, the bag will be full.. Will I be done ? Who knows? But I will be way ahead of the game.
Soon it will be Christmas 2011. I hope that your holiday season is filled with joy, peace, good health and prosperity.
Don't forget to leave the cookies and milk out for Santa, the carrots for the reindeer and a birthday present for Jesus.
Grammie Lois
