I think the best gift I got was the Foreman grill, hmmmm the worst, I think
that would be a pair of slipers that look like sandals with fur.
Lelia
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From: "Ariel" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 6:25 AM
Subject: Wise Men
> 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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