How to Plan Your Christmas Gifts

Published: December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm

How to Plan Your Christmas Gifts by Jimmy CoxGive yourself at Christmas; there really is no more wonderful of a gift. Out of the pretty box you give can fly all sorts of rare intangibles, once the ribbon is off and the lid is lifted. Affection, nostalgia, laughter, shared memories all these can crackle in the tissue paper along with grace and generosity. I was watching, a gift can say: last summer I could see you needed a better tennis racket. I was listening, a gift can tell: I heard you say you liked old cars... or Beethoven... or adventure stories. The art is to put into every package more than the gift itself. We should think to ourselves that any gift will rattle around in any box unless the box is stuffed with human values, with joy and smiles and loving-kindness. Put yourself in every Christmas package. Christmas Comes But Half the Year Stretch your Christmas shopping out a bit: if you see something in September that's just right for somebody, buy it or order it;

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