What Do You Want for Christmas?
Trying to avoid falling into the commercialism Christmas has turned into, I've almost forgotten to buy presents. At least I remembered one or two I had to buy on internet, but I've put off traipsing through the stores so long, I'm almost out of time. Especially for my daughter, who will be home a couple of days before Christmas. And she's got a certain power to home in on hidden shopping bags. It is so difficult to buy for only three or four people, that I can only pity those who buy for all their family, extended and close, and for many of their friends. It is exhausting trying to find something for someone that they will like and use, and not give them something they already have. In these days of plenty all essential needs are covered. And non-essential. It's a little redundant to give someone who likes making desserts, for example, a cookbook. That person will probably already have most of those recipes in one of the cookbooks on their shelf. Someone who lik...