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  the end of gift giving (as we once knew it)

  Posted on December 10, 2011 by nikkimeredith in family, friendship, holidays, rituals.

  The Royal Library, Denmark According to the New York Times, the recipients of gifts are no longer content with leaving it up to you to decide, they want what they want and they want you to get it for them. We the givers, writes Penelope Green, are being treated like “catalogs or department stores, brandishing […]

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  how to beat the holiday blues: be nimble

  Posted on December 4, 2011 by nikkimeredith in family, holidays, rituals, unexpected adventures.

  There is a saying in Italian: Natale con i tuoi, Pasqua con qui vuoi . Which means: Christmas with your family, but Easter with whomever you want! My parents weren’t Italian but they subscribed to this notion. The one and only time I dared to spend Christmas away from them was my honeymoon and they […]

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  advice for giving a gift to your husband or wife: DON’T

  Posted on November 20, 2011 by nikkimeredith in family, rituals.

  The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious. ~ Martin Luther I once had a fiction writing teacher who said, “It’s hard to say anything definitive about adultery.” I thought that was the wisest thing anyone ever said about anything. (Don’t get me wrong, I don’t believe in adultery but where would […]

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