Comments on: Copying Angela

By: Shawn W

Shawn W — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 06:48:08 +0000

LOL Maybe she was a relative, Stevo.

Christmas in Japan was an experience. Of course, it was pretty weird in Florida too.
A giant deer sounds cool.

By: Stevo

Stevo — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:30:08 +0000

My girlfriend in high school had the Christmas PJ tradition. Strange.

I don’t have a tree, although I bought a lovely artificial one yesterday for my school. The students will like it more than the seemingly rat-chewed one we had.

Christmas in China is pretty surreal. I don’t know where some of the ideas come from. That said, there was a giant deer made out of artificial Christmas tree material that I almost bought (and may still).

By: Shawn W

Shawn W — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:53:02 +0000

LOL You’re pretty clear.

I used bandanas one year to go with a redneck tree. I’ll have to see if we still have pictures around.

By: thelittlefluffycat

thelittlefluffycat — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:46:54 +0000

I like to pick up scarves and napkins and doilies for little or nothing, and use them to wrap small gifts with a roll over and tie technique I’m pretty sure is Japanese, and equally pretty sure I learned from Martha a million years ago. I had a giftbag making binge a few years back that the bags are still floating around between family members. My two big hates for paper are being able to see through and having paper tear, can you tell?

By: Shawn W

Shawn W — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 08:13:07 +0000

Creativity and being frugal go hand-in-hand, David.

By: davidrochester

davidrochester — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 04:48:24 +0000

I’ve been known to wrap gifts in such diverse oddities as worn-out towels, aluminum foil, and/or plain brown paper bags. I used to think I was a cheap loser, but now I’m thinking I’m on the cutting edge of creativity.

By: Shawn W

Shawn W — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 04:13:57 +0000

David, coconut cream pie is a good idea anytime.

Angela, I’m impressed, but please resist the jazz hands.

Corina, one year all we had was plain white paper, markers, and yarn. The packages were beautiful.

By: Corina

Corina — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 22:51:04 +0000

I love wrapping presents but I’m thinking this year that we should skip the wrapping, or at least in traditional wrapping paper, because of the expense. I think maybe I’ll look around for and recycle appropriate packaging and paper this year. I think if we do this, we can easily save $50. I don’t have a stockpile of wrapping stuff this year because of the move.

By: Vanity of Vanities!

Vanity of Vanities! — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 22:09:58 +0000

AND I love the idea of Christmas PJs!

By: Vanity of Vanities!

Vanity of Vanities! — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 22:08:37 +0000

You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen…. Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen… But, do you recall the most famous reindeer of all? Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer……..

All those years in show choir weren’t for naught.

I now have the strange urge to put on red and silver sequins and add some sidesteps and jazz hands…