Gift Giving

The festive season is here again
The buying has in earnest begun
Bargains, bargains I look for
In the morning rush towards the door
I enter the race of giving gifts
To climb the social ladder swift
Then on to buy some old stuff
Dressed in rich festive puff
For nephews and nieces
Some colourful pieces
With decorative labels
Though bought cheap under the table
For Uncles and Aunts
I visit some notorious haunts
To buy budget deals
Though horrible I feel

Copyright © | Year Posted 2010



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Date: 11/29/2010 12:24:00 PM
Congratulations dear Tahera on your win in Carolyn's Contest! Enjoyed reading this. Love, Audrey
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Date: 11/29/2010 5:34:00 AM
Congratulations Tahera on your win in the "Commercialized Holiday Humor" contest sponsored by Carolyn Devonshire. Love, Carol
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Date: 11/29/2010 5:18:00 AM
This is a good one, dear Tahera! Congratulations on your well deserved win. Love, iolanda and Repo Santa :)
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Date: 11/28/2010 9:59:00 PM
Everybody does it Tahera. No disgrace. Congratulations on your win. Love, Joyce
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Date: 11/28/2010 4:43:00 PM
not quite what it's all about eh Tahera? No wonder we feel horrible. Congrats on your win for telling it like it is
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Date: 11/28/2010 4:38:00 PM
hahaha getting bargain items for the aunts and uncles. Gosh, I get those kind of EVERYbody. I enjoyed your fun poem, Tahera. Congratulations. LUv ,Andrea
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Date: 11/28/2010 2:16:00 PM
Congratulations for this win in the contest, Tahera
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Date: 11/28/2010 12:54:00 PM
Congratulations on your win..Sara
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Date: 11/28/2010 11:30:00 AM
For nephews and nieces Some colourful pieces. This nice rhyme has a colorful ring to it, Tahera. "Congratulations" on a worthy poem's recognition. Agape, Moses
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Date: 11/28/2010 7:19:00 AM
Very good, Tahera!! Congratulations on your win! Love, Carolyn
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Date: 11/16/2010 8:05:00 PM
Hey, don't feel bad, dearie. I am so cheap, the day after Xmas I take money I get from hubbie for xmas and I buy the cheapest sales I can find to give my family and friends for NEXT christmas. Kind of my "after Xmas tradition" I LOVE bargains. Luv, Andrea
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Date: 11/16/2010 5:23:00 PM
:) Thanks for supporting the contest, Tahera! Love, Carolyn
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Date: 11/15/2010 12:08:00 PM
I know what you mean... I am the queen of cheap.
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Date: 11/15/2010 6:12:00 AM
Those gifts are not easy to come by...It is hard to find something that won't break the budget and yet be an acceptable gift..My husband's grandmother use to start in January to buy her Christmas gifts..She would purchase then hide away toys for all the grandchildren.."Twins In Name Only"was hard to come up with but once I had a whisper of which way to go then the Limerick came easily..Thanks for visiting and getting a chuckle..Sara
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Date: 11/15/2010 6:04:00 AM
I think it comes naturally to race og giving gifts and to be applauded in our social set-up, Tahera,
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Date: 11/14/2010 11:38:00 PM
a winsome write, tahera.. i am sometimes guilty of this myslef.. wonderful! warmest, nette
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