I remember one Christmas when I made a handmade gift for my friend. I was really proud of it. But when she opened it, she accidentally dropped it and it broke into pieces right away. I felt so embarrassed as all my hard work was just ruined in an instant and she was left with a broken gift.
There was a time when I got my boss a Christmas gift. I didn't realize that the gift I chose had a really inappropriate joke on it. When he opened it in front of the whole office during the Christmas party, everyone was quiet for a moment and then started to giggle. I was extremely embarrassed and had to apologize profusely.
In a certain town, there was a Christmas gift - passing story. An old man received a beautiful knitted scarf as a Christmas gift. He didn't really need it as he had many scarves already. So he passed it on to a young boy who was shivering in the cold on Christmas Eve. The boy was so happy and in turn, when he grew up, he started a charity where people could pass on their unwanted Christmas gifts to those in need. This story shows how a simple act of passing a Christmas gift can have a long - lasting impact on people's lives.
Sure. One year, my aunt was wrapping gifts in a hurry. She got all the names mixed up. So, when Christmas morning came, everyone opened the wrong gifts. My cousin, who was expecting a new video game, got a set of knitting needles, and my grandma, who loves knitting, got the video game. It was really confusing at first but then we all had a good laugh.
Homemade items are great. Like baking cookies and putting them in a beautifully decorated tin. It shows effort and is very personal.
Sure. There's the story of a group of friends who did a Secret Santa exchange. One friend received a book from another that she had been longing to read for ages. It was a simple gift but it made her Christmas really special.
One Christmas, I decided to give my best friend a handmade photo album. I spent weeks collecting pictures of our adventures together, from our first day at school to our recent camping trip. I carefully arranged them in the album and added little captions. On Christmas morning, when I gave it to her, she was overjoyed. She said it was the most meaningful gift she had ever received because it held so many precious memories of our friendship.
Sure. One year at our office Christmas party, we had an exchange gift event. I got a beautifully wrapped box. When I opened it, there was a warm, hand - knitted scarf. It turned out that a colleague's grandmother had made it. It was so special as it carried the love and care of an elderly person I'd never met. That scarf became my favorite accessory during the cold winter.
One wonderful Christmas gift story is about a little girl. She really wanted a puppy for Christmas. Her parents kept telling her it might not happen. But on Christmas morning, she woke up to a cute little puppy with a big red bow around its neck. She was overjoyed and named the puppy Snowball immediately.
Sure. In one 'Christmas giving story', a wealthy man gives away his expensive winter coats to the homeless people on the streets during Christmas. He realizes that his possessions can bring warmth and comfort to those in need more than they can to him.
There was a group of friends who got together for Christmas. They had a gift - passing game. One person brought a book as a gift. When it was passed around, the second person who got it thought their book - loving friend would adore it more. So, he passed it on. As the book made its way around, each person added a little note inside it. By the time it reached the intended friend, it was not just a book but a collection of warm wishes and a story of friendship in the form of this passed - around gift.
At my family's Christmas gift exchange last year, my cousin got a present that was supposed to be a nice coffee mug. But when he opened it, it turned out to be a mug with a really strange face printed on it. It was so ugly that it was actually funny. He couldn't stop laughing and said it was the most unique gift he'd ever received. And now, that mug has become a bit of a joke in our family.