Comments on: Presence, not presents http://ideasnpink.com/2008/11/30/presence-not-presents/ Life is one awesome journey towards new and better horizons Fri, 18 May 2012 20:57:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: tony http://ideasnpink.com/2008/11/30/presence-not-presents/#comment-938 tony Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:36:40 +0000 http://ideasnpink.com/2008/11/30/presence-not-presents/#comment-938 the true spirit of Christmas is the presence.... presents are only bonus.. :) I enjoyed the presence of the family.. the true spirit of Christmas is the presence….
presents are only bonus.. :)

I enjoyed the presence of the family..

]]> By: betchai http://ideasnpink.com/2008/11/30/presence-not-presents/#comment-919 betchai Sun, 07 Dec 2008 00:54:24 +0000 http://ideasnpink.com/2008/11/30/presence-not-presents/#comment-919 personally, i prefer not to receive any gifts since a lot of times i have no use for them, they end up collecting dusts and i don't like to re-wrap gifts either, i prefer presence than presents! thus, when i think of giving gift, i usually think of the person first and what he or she likes or needs that is within my budget. otherwise, when i was still in the philippines, i simply bake ( i make fruit cake, apple pie, chocolate pie, brazos, brownies and cookies) what i believe they will like to have and give that as gift, something to share on the table. so, yes, i prefer giving something that i labored out of love :) i get teary eyed when someone gives me hand-made cards with heartfelt dedication, but i feel empty (or non-appreciative) if i get material gifts, but that was just me :) gift cards are okay too. personally, i prefer not to receive any gifts since a lot of times i have no use for them, they end up collecting dusts and i don’t like to re-wrap gifts either, i prefer presence than presents! thus, when i think of giving gift, i usually think of the person first and what he or she likes or needs that is within my budget. otherwise, when i was still in the philippines, i simply bake ( i make fruit cake, apple pie, chocolate pie, brazos, brownies and cookies) what i believe they will like to have and give that as gift, something to share on the table. so, yes, i prefer giving something that i labored out of love :) i get teary eyed when someone gives me hand-made cards with heartfelt dedication, but i feel empty (or non-appreciative) if i get material gifts, but that was just me :) gift cards are okay too.

]]> By: BK http://ideasnpink.com/2008/11/30/presence-not-presents/#comment-917 BK Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:10:13 +0000 http://ideasnpink.com/2008/11/30/presence-not-presents/#comment-917 Truly an enlightenment, "...we can still enjoy exchanging gifts without spending a lot." I agree that what matter most is the spirit of sharing and giving; this spirit must continue even long after Christmas and throughout the year. Truly an enlightenment, “…we can still enjoy exchanging gifts without spending a lot.” I agree that what matter most is the spirit of sharing and giving; this spirit must continue even long after Christmas and throughout the year.

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