Do you still visit here Dad?
Shuntaro Tanikawa.
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I was given a painting by an artist relative who USUALLY does very nice work.
ReplyDeleteFor some reason, he gave me a painting I don't like at all (perhaps no one would buy it) and now I'm stuck with it and feel the need to display it as he comes over to visit from time to time.
Sigh.
We got married back inthe day when people here gave actual presents and not wads of cash which now seems to be the norm. Yes, toasters galore, 27 electric skillets (they were all the rage!) and 5 fireside coal scuttles. We had dinner sets, tea sets and breakfast sets coming out of every cupboard! Luckily, a lot of our friends got married the same year, and the following year. If any of them got their own gift back they never said! :¬)
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Parents, eh?!
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When my sister was married in 1973, she received a lot of duplicate gifts. So I scored a harvest gold electric mixer, toaster oven (which I still use!), and avocado green bunt cake pan!
ReplyDeleteIt could well be worth giving people things you'd be delighted to receive the following year. Though it might be awfully disappointing if they gave it to someone else.
ReplyDeleteI don't know why we don't just buy one symbolic gift that we pass back and forth to each other every year. Eventually, the tatty piece of bad knitting (for example) will become viewed as a sacred ritual cloth of great significance. I think that's how religions get started.
ReplyDeleteI like what Louciao says, it's probably true about religions!
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MJ - Art gifts - they're tough
ReplyDeleteMap - Weddings are the worst for gifting, I think it's gone too far the other way now, I didn't get a single toaster or a coal scuttle.
Scarlet - I was delighted because it is now properly aged and there were no sloes around here last year.
LX - I'd love a bunt cake pan, what are bunt cakes like ... A bit fishy?
Eryl - I'm not sure if my stepson will be thrilled with the bottle of Lynx he'll be getting back this year, young men's tastes do change.
Loucaio and Scarlet - that is a real insight, I may have to see if I can get a religion started this year. Another idea might be to start a bit of tatty knitting and challenge the reciever to progress the project, it passes on and grows that way it becomes Community Art and can be displayed in a public place