Today was the day at church that many of us gathered to wrap all the presents that were donated by the congregation for families whose wish lists we received from the Sawyer County Human Services. The hall was full of people and presents. And the wrapping paper and ribbon were flying. Christmas Spirit filled the room.
I wrapped presents for 2 sisters, aged 6 and 8. Of course, there were different tags for each girl. Of course, different people bought gifts for the girls. One person bought 2 pairs of jeans, 2 tops, boots, coat, warm hat and mittens and snow pants. One person bought 1 pair of jeans, 1 top, boots. Let's just say the 6 year old may notice the discrepancy. That led to talk amongst the volunteers how their parents balanced Christmas gifts and how they as parents and grandparents try to balance. My Dad won the unofficial poll. He set the same price limit for each child. He bought one or two gifts each and then wrote a check for the difference. It took a while for me to figure that one out after receiving a check at Christmas for $36. 27. He knew he was being fair.
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