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- For older people: stamps, assorted cards, disposable camera
and large print books are appropriate and appreciated. Nursing
Home residents enjoy/can use small gifts of lotion, powder, other
hygiene articles, Find-a-Word books, gowns or pajamas, etc. wrapped
separately to open one each day during December.
- Manicure, pedicure or gift certificate to a local beauty salon
is a thoughtful gift. If you know an older person who regularly
gets “perms,” pre-pay the perm and have the hairdresser
call and tell her. You can even do like 4/yr. at one time.
- My sister, Barbara, and I always plan a special day for our
mother on or near her birthday. We three spend one day together
visiting her old home place, her family cemetery or find a special
place to take her for her special day.
- Two years before my mother died she divided up her jewelry
and gave it to her two daughters, three daughters-in-law and her
granddaughters. She carefully chose who would receive each item
and we all received several pieces. I’m not sure who enjoyed
that Christmas the most-Mom or all of us girls overjoyed at the
jewelry she wanted us to have. The costume jewelry is now priceless
and I’ve always thought how much nicer to receive the jewelry
as a “gift” from Mom rather than dividing it up after
her death.
- For new babies-if there are siblings-I try to take a book and
candy to the older ones.
- Finch feeders are a fun gift to give or receive. I especially
like yellow feeders that allow the finches to eat hanging upside
down on the feeder perch. They sit on the perch and flip upside
down to eat. Humming bird feeders are another favorite.
- Last January my sister retired after working at a bank for 40
years. I found a pair of garnet earrings (January’s birthstone).
Each earring had four stones to represent four decades and her
retirement in January.
- This year for my birthday Robert planned our meals and cooked
for the week.
- “Murder Mystery Dinner.” This is a game you can
buy. It has invitations to a dinner. It has a card for each guest
describing who they are and how to dress. Each one comes in costume
and has a script to follow. One guest is the murderer and all
the guests have to solve the murder. The hostess gives them more
instructions when all arrive. The dinner is served in courses
throughout the evening. Corrine has done several of these for
her friends.
- I have received two birthday “Parties” as a gift.
My 50th was a Victorian lawn party. The invitation, the dress
of the guests and the activities-“to visit and almost certainly
to bounce babies, croquet and horseshoe playing” were all
theme appropriate. I was driven to the party in my brother’s
1948 Dodge classic car.
- For my 60th birthday it was a 50’s theme. “We will
dress in 50’s fashion donning duck tails, pony tails, swell
pedal pushers, turn up our collars, turn down our bobby socks
and bring on the Bryl Cream,” the invitation stated.
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