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Post by Kim on Dec 4, 2003 10:39:39 GMT -5
What was the best present you ever got for Christmas? Don't worry, it doesn't have to be sappy - material possession are quite accepted! ;D
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Post by Kim on Dec 4, 2003 10:42:25 GMT -5
I'll start...
Although I really suck at making them, last year I got a cappuccino / expresso maker that I really love.
(Although, I wasn't so happy with having to pay $40 for a new carafe for the thing when I dropped it on the floor months later! ;D)
Kim
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Kirsty
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Post by Kirsty on Dec 4, 2003 12:05:12 GMT -5
I got an amazing present from my parents last year: an introductory flying lesson!!! Imagine flying a plane (cessna 150) over Victoria (ocean's and all) on a spring evening! Something I will never forget!!
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Post by Kim on Dec 4, 2003 12:21:51 GMT -5
Oooooooh cool! And over my gorgeous city as well! ;D
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Post by LHR02 on Dec 4, 2003 15:45:19 GMT -5
For years and years I asked every year for a KitchenAid stand mixer...the big $300 monsters. And every year I got another diamond 'something'......I know, that's great and all, but I really wanted that mixer.  My husband just refused, always got me jewelry and said he would never get me an 'appliance' as a gift. If I want it so badly, go buy the darn thing. Much as I coveted it, just could not justify spending that much money myself for a mixer...even though if he got it for me it was still 'our' money..but in my brain then it was a 'gift' so now I could justify that expense in my checkbook. ;D The year before he died he presented me with a beautiful diamond necklace, and a card whose sentiments I treasure still. Then he told me to be sure and look on the back of the card, where I found a little p.s. to go look in a particular closet. There sat my mixer! The fact that he got it for me, when it so went against his grain to do so makes me smile still. God, I miss him and I still love that mixer! |
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Post by Kim on Dec 4, 2003 16:03:55 GMT -5
I swear, that just about made me cry!
And holy crap, those mixers are beautiful! I would love one. What color did you get? They have beautiful colors too, that really nice blue etc.
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Post by LHR02 on Dec 4, 2003 18:28:36 GMT -5
It's white. ;D Took me 8 years to get him to get it for me.....asking for a color would have totally killed the deal! Oh how put out he was that morning....I barely 'mentioned' a truly gorgeous necklace and just about fainted when I saw 'my mixer'! |
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Post by jennifer on Dec 4, 2003 18:54:32 GMT -5
I'm a little late on the topic...but...
When I got home from my trip, all my family was at my house and the airport for a great big surprise party, that was a great gift, but not for Christmas.
That night I did get a Christmas gift in advance from my dad, he had a little little box wrapped up for me.
Inside, there was a key...yup a car key!
Ok, it's his ford escort that is old, but compared to my dying chevrolet sprint, his escort was a rolls royce. And at a time where I was totally poor from my trip, a "new" car was the best thing!
I cried my eyes out. I know my parents don't have much money and it really touched me that my dad gave it to me instead of selling it for a little money for his new car.
well, that's my best christmas gift!
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My husband just refused, always got me jewelry and said he would never get me an 'appliance' as a gift. If I want it so badly, go buy the darn thing. Much as I coveted it, just could not justify spending that much money myself for a mixer...even though if he got it for me it was still 'our' money..but in my brain then it was a 'gift' so now I could justify that expense in my checkbook. ;D