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I received this today !thank you ! I absolutely love the ornement ! And how thoughtful my person was ! They thought of all the boys ! Gave them each a bag with a gingerbread cookie in it and the most special pocket hugs !!! So so so wonderful !!

That’s so awesome . Congrats !! Such a great reason to be away from gd!

This is so fun!

I started shopping for my ss and oe . Now I just have to wait for it to all come in .

It’s out of stock , in both hard and soft covers .

Every year I say to myself I’m gonna wrap them all as they arrive . Let’s see if that happens . It takes me several hours several day . But this year I might be wrapping a lot lot less , like maybe 150 less gifts to wrap

That’s a great idea . I am going over there and making apple sauce ( never thought anyone makes apple sauce from scratch .. you just buy a jar … lol) but to her it’s a big ordeal . So I will be learning how to do that . Maybe I can figure out more then . I don’t want to come right out and ask , but may have to . She did tell me about 30 people I think I need more than 2 . It’s 30 people

Every year up till this one , I would spend thousands and thousands of $$ on prizes to raffle off to high school seniors the night they graduate . The best deals were always the 10 minutes when kohls had their old coupons working and the new blaxk Friday deals . All the mini appliances , for dorms , the luggage sets , diamond earrings … and so on

Thank you you guys . I’m so glad I asked . I would have felt like a fool not bringing gifts . So.. would I likely bring gifts for everyone there ? Or just the one who invited me ?

I have been invited to a very good friends Hanukkah party , it is my very first . Anyone attend / have one ? I don’t know if/ what I should bring , and if anything specific happens or is celebrated ..any input ?

We have many different drivers . This year I expect to be ordering less than 75% what I normally did . However I have a few drivers that are amazing , and I’d have a box of candy for them , the mail man of course gets a card , with a “gift”

My family is weird .for years, everyone knew thanksgiving will happen , just whose house was the question . It was normally my house or my oldest brothers . We didn’t decide till a couple days before ( as he had to clear it with his wife) he would tell the family , unless it is at your house , it don’t matter where . You’re gonna get in your car and drive to ?? And then come home after . The only one it would matter to was me or him . And there have been years it would be at my house with only a 1-2 day notice . But really , it didn’t matter . I would shop for all the food that close to the day anyhow, and set up the day before either way . ( moving in tables as we had 35 people . It has been getting less and less through the last several years . last year, one of my sisters actually had it at her house . But it wasn’t traditional foods . More like cold cuts and some sides . What really mattered is everyone getting together ! . Thanksgiving has been a day the whole family gets together . It seems that once Covid happened , it gave people excuses to NOT attend .

I will be spending MUCH less this year . I use to do the shopping for the local high school graduation prizes at this time of year . This is the first year in over a decade that I am not doing that . Also most of the kids moved out ,we won’t be doing our normal Christmas rituals . ( I use to have over 20 gifts for each ) min hoping once the deals start rolling in , and I get my Christmas spirit , I will start shopping and get motivated

I can certainly relate . Last year was the start of the major decline on Christmas . When the kids grow up and move out things certainly change , especially when your single ..And this year is going to drastically change . It also makes the mind set of decorating drop( or did for me ). The only real decorating spirit I had was hanging incoming Christmas cards around the doorway . I use to decorate everywhere ,inside and out , and have 3 inside trees .

I live the list is growing . This is always fun !!!

And no one will be alone or left out ,

I just asked about an app. I should have scrolled first . I may try doing that adding to Home Screen . But might just use the website. thank you for suggestion

Uncles can be too, though I guess more aunts are shopping ,,,

Ohh crap normally I can have a list of this . But this year I am so off my norm . 1 thing is Xbox live for the year ..what ever it’s called now gift cards this will be the first year since 2016 that I’m not buying prizes for the high school grad party . I’ve been president o local all night party and use to purchase over $20,000 worth of prizes around this time for the kids . It would save so much money and they would be able to got so many more prizes then if shopping in June for them !

I had even set my Alexa up to remind me to check in every month and then missed right in the beginning opps

Nice prize ! I’m late to the game . But have not been involved in much of anything this year at all. I’m glad GD sent me an email to come back !!!

This is because some companies send out a free product or sample , some even send Amazon credits ,if tou write. Good review

1 I’ll eat my words 2 kids not for sale - actually you can just have them! 3 not abnormal these days - all year round

Wow finally I’m back ! I would like to be in all 3 I notice not many are in this year so far ..we have time left , last year I was too late .

lol on the weekend where everyone was putting up pretty trees , we were taking them down. with a wood chipper too