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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

A bat's head': the best and worst gifts 11 people have ever received

Gift giving yields memorable joys and awkward misfires when givers choose items based on their own tastes rather than recipients' needs, preferences, or context.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

Miss Manners: Their gift to me was grabbed out of a casket

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When my mother passed away some years ago, my brother and his wife placed a stuffed black cat toy in her casket. My mother had owned several black cats. Months later, I was opening a Christmas gift from my brother. It turned out to be a stuffed black cat. He said, Do you know where that came from? Of course I knew! My mouth dropped open. Miss Manners, was this absolutely the worst Christmas gift ever, or am I missing something?
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