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Throck

(2,520 posts)
22. The less I get the happier I am.
Mon Nov 29, 2021, 10:05 AM
Nov 2021

My mom in her 70's and 80's spent her last 20 years giving back all the dust collecting knickknacks she got as gifts.

My mom had the right idea though, she bought her sons good tools so we could do projects around her house. She made cookies and canned the best dill pickles. Time was the gift no one picked up on until later in life.

FWIW there are two local food pantries always in need. Our charity dollars get sent there and kept local. We have a local cat shelter that we donate to as well. In return we get good leads on cats needing adoption. Not sure if that's a win-win some days.

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war on xmas : why we fight [View all] rampartc Nov 2021 OP
Thank you for posting this. nt Progressive Jones Nov 2021 #1
you are welcome. rampartc Nov 2021 #3
Both stories are silly. rownesheck Nov 2021 #2
+1 that is "why we fight" rampartc Nov 2021 #4
The post's title is excellent. 3Hotdogs Nov 2021 #17
We tuned out commercial Christmas years ago. Throck Nov 2021 #5
+1. some of the people down here take the lighting to extremes. rampartc Nov 2021 #6
The Christmas decorations go up..... Throck Nov 2021 #7
+1 for describing "potlatch" perfectly rampartc Nov 2021 #9
The Little Drummer Boy, played over and over can drive a person to violence. NCjack Nov 2021 #14
Thanks for the Laugh PXR-5 Nov 2021 #16
Meh. I enjoy Christmas. We do it more about being together and enjoying each other's company. Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #8
that is what it is for. rampartc Nov 2021 #10
My large family decided a while back to stop giving presents. Sure cuts down on stress. Midnight Writer Nov 2021 #19
Christmas is for giving Philosophizing Fool Nov 2021 #11
+1 absolutely true. rampartc Nov 2021 #15
The less I get the happier I am. Throck Nov 2021 #22
I think it's for the kids. They figure out the stories are BS captain queeg Nov 2021 #12
Perhaps you've missed an important aspect of the War on Christmas PJMcK Nov 2021 #13
+1 rampartc Nov 2021 #18
I love Christmas.. I love the idea of giving.. Peacetrain Nov 2021 #20
I wonder every year about the War on Christmas... Wounded Bear Nov 2021 #21
I stopped doing xmas years ago... 2naSalit Nov 2021 #23
I enjoy it all. Elessar Zappa Nov 2021 #24
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