Northeast Gardening: Christmas shopping, 1 by Kathleen

Kathleen wrote:
I've been buying little things all year. Stan's still not too light on his feet with the broken ankle, so I imagine that I will be doing the bulk of the shopping. We make a lot of the gifts we give - neighbors get tea rings and cookies, we always make something for the kids and grandkids and I make for nieces and nephews. We love to give gifts, and have always given to the area church council's gifts for families. This year we are also doing the Shepard's Purse Shoebox program through the local youth fellowship. We exchange gifts with friends who this year took on four teenage nieces in need of a new home, to go along with their five children, so we will have fun coming up with some interesting gifts there - half of them have worked for us this year one way or another, with regular chores and with the extra need for help.

The decorating waits until after Thanksgiving. I hate the fact that we are rushed through the autumn season. I put up wreaths with leaves and seed heads, et cetera, some working for two seasons with holly and cedar greens. The picture is from two years ago. Sometimes I get lights up, one year we did all of the rose fences, but you couldn't see them for the snow. Usually, I get some up on the porch at least.


for some reason the picture won't post.

This message was edited Nov 7, 2008 8:50 AM