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a couple of years ago searching for a present for my Dad I asked my boyfriend what the best xmas gift he'd received in recent years was.. he showed me this model wooden plane kit which he'd got a couple of years previously he thought was absolutely great. I said "but you haven't made it" to which he replied, "yes, but I will do one day, I just haven't got around to it yet, but I really like it". My Dad's always liked planes and woodwork, so we went to the model shop and picked out one which was similar which we thought my dad would like. 2 years have passed and my Dad hasn't made the plane either, I wonder if that means he likes it? I wonder if he tells people it is the best gift he has received?!

It's nice to have ambitions I guess.

What about a story of being given something you didn't want?

Like a black eye... [%sig%]

Hmm...I like the idea of giving away as a gift something I didn't want. I had a friend like that in high school. She gave me some bath bubbles once, in a bottle shaped like a toy soldier, that I know came from her mother's stash of gifts in the basement...

only give something that hurts to give

A gift might be something you recieve without wanting it.

You could write something about a mysterious anonymous gift that leads to a whole set of unforeseen circumstances...

I heard a story once about a woman who was trying to hide how much wine she drank, so instead of putting the empties in the trash, she wrapped them as presents and mailed them to people in neighboring towns whose names and addresses she got from the phone book. No return address, of course; she wasn't stupid! And there's the old, but probably true, story of people wrapping their garbage to look like presents and leaving it on the sidewalk during the NYC garbage stikes. It was, of course, promptly stolen, as afterall, it was Christmas. You could also think about giving intangible gifts, like the ability to play a musical instrument, something like a Twilight Zone episode.

Gift them with an I.O.U. Maybe a card with an I.O.U. for something you would give them if you could each card would be different with something special for each person. maybe a complete night of babysitting their kids, their choice of nights, ect

Fish - "only give something that hurts to give". Does that mean I can send my **** of a boss a packet of needles for Christmas marked 'prick me'? [%sig%]

Go along with the gift that hurts because the best gift of all has got!! to be to give something you really!!! would like to keep for yourself... Justyn loved the one about the empties...

eh? [%sig%]