Christmas Present Stress
Buying a present at any time is, in my opinion, a lottery. You have a good chance of getting it right but there are so many variables, it's more than possible to get it wrong too. Have I got it very right and very wrong? More times than I can count on fingers and toes. In my family, the stress has been reduced considerably since the introduction of Kris Kringle amongst the adults and the children. So all the first cousins buy a present for another cousin & there is a limit of €10. My two have had so much fun, I think, and have taken it very seriously to choose the right present for their recipients. The adults too have a price limit. The result is imaginative presents & just a few so no overloading. A few years ago, I bought a Hazel 'whip' each for Willie and the lads. No-one commented much, and after a few days the whips were planted by William. Later on that year, another member of the family enthusiastically wielded a strimmer and annihilated two of the three t...