The Christmas displays are up and the Halloween merchandise is marked down and Thanksgiving is next week, so what do you want for Christmas? Not too long ago I would do a gift guide that appeared on this page a few weeks before Christmas. It was always fun to go to different stores and scout out gifts that I thought the readers of the New Pittsburgh Courier would like. This year the gift guide returns with a twist. I want to know from you what you would like for Christmas. I would like you to email me a fantasy gift and a real gift. If you chose to participate, your name will appear as part of the gift guide. You can tell me a little about yourself if you’d like. Here is a sample of what I’m looking for.
My name is Debbie Norrell and I am a single female who likes to take pictures. My fantasy gift is a brand new red Corvette and if you can’t get me that I will take that Dump Cake cookbook. I actually do want that Dump Meal cookbook it only costs $9.99 and the recipes look like they will be tasty and the dump cakes look good as well. I have looked around my house and don’t “need” anything.
Remember those days when we had a few Black owned stores that sold art by Black artists and Black centered gift items? One year I was able to use stores in Homewood for the gift guide. One year I went to the museum gift shops. Now that I’m older, I would rather have things for my house. I found some fabulous vintage light fixtures and if I could get someone to pay for them and give them to me as a gift that would be wonderful.
A friend of mine let me take a picture with her Samsung Galaxy camera it was a really cool camera that allowed you to send the images straight to the Internet. That camera could come in very handy for me. I plan to buy one like it.
Gift cards are easy, but can be boring. Recently, I saw a unique way to gift cards. This works best when you are going to give more than one gift card. Let’s say you are going to give someone four gift cards that are $25 each. Instead of putting the gift cards in an envelope buy an 8×10 picture frame and neatly place gift cards in the frame side by side. You can tape them down so they do not slide around. This makes a really nice presentation.
Now is the time to start throwing hints. Some large families do a holiday grab bag. That grab bag often takes place during the Thanksgiving dinner. With a grab bag you only have to buy a gift for the name that you pull out of the bag. This works well for large families. Don’t forget to send me your fantasy gift and a regular gift to the email is below. Hope to hear from you.
(Email the columnist at debbienorrell@aol.com)
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