Comments on: Are You Santa or the Grinch? http://www.jentucker.us/2008/12/11/are-you-santa-or-the-grinch/ Super stay at home Mom Wed, 09 Jun 2010 22:09:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Steven Klassen http://www.jentucker.us/2008/12/11/are-you-santa-or-the-grinch/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Steven Klassen Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:13:46 +0000 http://www.jentucker.us/?p=363#comment-76 Ivy puts a lot of thought into the gifts we give to the other adults in the family and more often than not we get back something generic. She doesn't stop putting in the effort, though. Ivy puts a lot of thought into the gifts we give to the other adults in the family and more often than not we get back something generic. She doesn’t stop putting in the effort, though.

]]> By: admin http://www.jentucker.us/2008/12/11/are-you-santa-or-the-grinch/comment-page-1/#comment-74 admin Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:39:00 +0000 http://www.jentucker.us/?p=363#comment-74 The thought that counts... yes in theory. But to get a so-so gift year after year begins to wear on you, and can't help but make you wonder if the giver even IS putting any thought into it. The thought that counts… yes in theory. But to get a so-so gift year after year begins to wear on you, and can’t help but make you wonder if the giver even IS putting any thought into it.

]]> By: Chris http://www.jentucker.us/2008/12/11/are-you-santa-or-the-grinch/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Chris Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:32:35 +0000 http://www.jentucker.us/?p=363#comment-71 Isn't it the thought that counts?? No?? LOL. You said it in your post: just smile and say thank you. That's about all you can do. Isn’t it the thought that counts?? No?? LOL. You said it in your post: just smile and say thank you. That’s about all you can do.

]]> By: Heather Kittredge http://www.jentucker.us/2008/12/11/are-you-santa-or-the-grinch/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Heather Kittredge Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:18:06 +0000 http://www.jentucker.us/?p=363#comment-70 Wow, that's kind of a tough question to answer. What I do really depends on the gift I get. Of course I always say thank you and fake a liking of the gift, becuase the person I know who misses the mark most, loves me and probably spent a considerable amount of time trying to pick out that gift for me. People may get the impression that my house is modestly decorated because I don't have things to decorate it with, but the truth is that I don't care to have nick knacks that I have to dust laying around my house. So people on occasion have bought me nick knacky type decorations in which case I put them out before the giver comes over. It may seem like a lot of work but I only have a few items I do that with. On the other hand, if the gift was fairly inexpensive and given to me by a co-worker or an acquaintance I don't see very often, I have been known to re-gift the item to brighten someone else's day who I know would enjoy it. I know how hard it can be to find that perfect gift for someone and stress out that it may be totally off the mark, so I always try to be sensitive to that fact and I haven't broken hearts yet... that I know of. Wow, that’s kind of a tough question to answer. What I do really depends on the gift I get. Of course I always say thank you and fake a liking of the gift, becuase the person I know who misses the mark most, loves me and probably spent a considerable amount of time trying to pick out that gift for me.

People may get the impression that my house is modestly decorated because I don’t have things to decorate it with, but the truth is that I don’t care to have nick knacks that I have to dust laying around my house. So people on occasion have bought me nick knacky type decorations in which case I put them out before the giver comes over. It may seem like a lot of work but I only have a few items I do that with.

On the other hand, if the gift was fairly inexpensive and given to me by a co-worker or an acquaintance I don’t see very often, I have been known to re-gift the item to brighten someone else’s day who I know would enjoy it.

I know how hard it can be to find that perfect gift for someone and stress out that it may be totally off the mark, so I always try to be sensitive to that fact and I haven’t broken hearts yet… that I know of.

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