Hi, aal:

The best gift I got was a DVD player from my roomate. The worst happened to
be a DVD,though it wasn't my parents' fault.  I'd asked for a DVED of "THE
Music Man."  They gave me one, but it wasn't the original cast, Growl!  They
dont' know the movie well and so probably didn't know the difference.  I'm
keeping it because the intentions were good.

Julie M.



>From: Ariel <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Echurch-USA The Electronic Church
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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Wise Men
>Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 08:25:43 -0500
>
>Okay, so we all know that the real meaning of Christmas is the Gift of
>JESUS
>and that He gave Himself for us.  But let's not forget that the wise men
>brought gifts to Baby JESUS.  And it's a wise thing to give gifts to
>Italians, too.  So, in the Spirit of gift-giving, let's hear what
>everyone's
>favorite gifts they got this year are.  And the worst gifts.  Okay, you can
>say "the worst gifts ever" so people won't know it was something you got
>this year and track you down.  Smile.  Let's hear it, folks, especially
>from
>those of you who are returning things today.  You know who you are.
>
>My favorite gift is a ceramic cookie jar that is a lifesize yellow lab
>puppy.  My friends out west sent it, knowing I love yellow labs and had
>planned on getting one (that was what I thought my last dog was when I got
>her from the pound, but it turned out she was a mutt and didn't grow at
>all,
>but shed as much hair as two huge yellow labs.  Smile.)  But I had mixed
>emotions about it because I gave the dog away last year when I got sick and
>a friend of a friend asked if she could have her for her children.  Since
>the dog was alone all day while I was at work I gave her to them.  So I did
>have an emotional moment when first opening this gift since it reminded me
>so much of my dog (whom I miss very much)....well, she's not "my" dog
>anymore.  Anyway, I was going to give the cookie jar to them but now am
>trying to talk myself out of it since it looks so good on my hearth and I
>keep telling myself "It doesn't look THAT much like your dog, after all,
>and
>the small kids will probably break it anyway and hurt themselves!"
>
>Be that as it may, let's hear it about the best and worst of gifts that you
>all got!
>
>Greedy So and So Lion Holding Onto The Cookie Jar Even Though It's Empty

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