{"id":34,"date":"2007-11-24T22:42:27","date_gmt":"2007-11-24T22:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/?p=34"},"modified":"2007-11-24T22:59:38","modified_gmt":"2007-11-24T22:59:38","slug":"pre-christmas-shopping-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/pre-christmas-shopping-not\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-Christmas shopping &#8212; not&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tbn0.google.com\/images?q=tbn:JZ2pBPPO6A2WWM:www.clipartspace.com\/clipart\/snowflakes\/snowflake-02.gif\" title=\"Snowflake found in Google search\" alt=\"Snowflake found in Google search\" align=\"right\" border=\"3\" height=\"100\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"3\" width=\"100\" \/>We had to go out and run errands today. I needed to get to Michael&#8217;s because I had a coupon for 20% off entire purchase but the sale ended at noon.  I bought yarn for a sweater, some felted boots (I&#8217;ve had the pattern for a while), and for 3 pairs of socks.  Now that the Christmas yarn is here I need to really buckle down to the knit part of my plan.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t usually buy many gifts for Christmas. Throughout the year, if I see some small thing I think will be nice for one of the people on our list, I pick it up.  I guess I should say that over the years we&#8217;ve cut down on our Christmas list.  We now buy for my mother, my husband&#8217;s mother, and my son. That&#8217;s it.  No nephews, nieces, cousins, brothers\/sisters &#8211; in-laws, aunts, uncles, or second-cousins-twice-removed and reattached.  They all get Christmas cards and a Christmas letter.<\/p>\n<p>I feel Christmas is out of control. People spend more than they can afford in an effort to express something: love, friendship, control(?), obligation.  When I hear from my family, extended family, and friends. I&#8217;m happy to know they&#8217;re fine and doing okay or to commiserate on bad luck, illness, or whatever. It&#8217;s family that&#8217;s important on the holidays not how much you spend.  Love can&#8217;t be measured in money only in time and caring &#8212; and that&#8217;s better expressed in deeds than gifts.<\/p>\n<p>So, I&#8217;ll knit love into my gifts with every stitch &#8212; thinking of the pleasure I get in making something with my hands that they will enjoy wearing and using.  It&#8217;s my way of extending my love to their daily life even when I can&#8217;t be there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had to go out and run errands today. I needed to get to Michael&#8217;s because I had a coupon for 20% off entire purchase but the sale ended at noon. I bought yarn for a sweater, some felted boots (I&#8217;ve had the pattern for a while), and for 3 pairs of socks. 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