Originally Posted by laffygiraffe
I think the best presents are given on a Tuesday, afternoon not for a birthday, or Christmas or for Ground Hog Day, but just because you made it and you love them and and love to give them presents.
What if you waited patiently and the day before xmas, they got hit by a runaway bus? It happens.
Life is uncertain---give with all your heart everyday. and Don't Wait for an arbitrary day on an imaginary calendar to tell your loved ones you love them. Or to give them a quilt.
If you want to have a big gift exchange on a specific date and be sure everyone raves about your gifts, then you'll have to wait, like everyone else.
Me? I send my family gifts when they get done. And I am always making something so I can have a gift on hand for a surprise event. I also have very few of my own projects in my house, which I plan on fixing this coming year.
Why torture yourself? Give it. Enjoy life all you can. Tick tock.
I totally agree. I have always been the type of person that if I saw something I thought someone would like finances permitting, I would purchase and give it then. If I make something I give it when done. I just made a quilt for my neighbors sixteenth birthday, gave it to her the night I finished it which was two weeks before her birthday, it meant as much to her then as it would have on her birthday.