Musing on Family Gifting
Dec. 16th, 2007 11:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
trystinnMore woodstove gifts are coming. This I know because my mother keeps telling me so. Yesterday she called to alert me that my Aunt B has sent us a hugely expensive gift for the woodstove, so I shouldn't buy any accessories until then. Which I hadn't planned on doing anyway. I know my family, this is the Accessory Bonanza of a Lifetime gift-wise. Our family LOVES to play pranks on each other in this way.
Here's an example: About fifteen years ago, Mum let it be known she wanted malachite earrings. For the following three years every single one of us gave her malachite earrings for every holiday possible. I even got her tree shaped ones for Arbor Day. We're just that kind of crazy. Finally at some dinner she sat us all down, showed us what had to be about fifty or so pairs of malachite earrings and threatened our lives if we ever bought her malachite again. We all agreed it had gotten out of hand and agreed not to do it again. Which we haven't. Now we're buying her raw turquoise! (She'd not complaining)
Sadly, my WALL ART plan isn't working so well. That said, I now have a lovely asian iron kettle and Ov gloves (elbow length) for the woodstove. Can't wait to see what else arrives.
Here's an example: About fifteen years ago, Mum let it be known she wanted malachite earrings. For the following three years every single one of us gave her malachite earrings for every holiday possible. I even got her tree shaped ones for Arbor Day. We're just that kind of crazy. Finally at some dinner she sat us all down, showed us what had to be about fifty or so pairs of malachite earrings and threatened our lives if we ever bought her malachite again. We all agreed it had gotten out of hand and agreed not to do it again. Which we haven't. Now we're buying her raw turquoise! (She'd not complaining)
Sadly, my WALL ART plan isn't working so well. That said, I now have a lovely asian iron kettle and Ov gloves (elbow length) for the woodstove. Can't wait to see what else arrives.
