Dec. 12, 2008 - Christmas Countdown Gift Idea
This was a variation of the Advent Basket of Joy idea that I had.
My mother in law had surgery last week and seems a little blue. She has a recovery time of 6 to 12 weeks. I wasn't ready to make her the idea above - plus it would be late! But I wanted to do something and I thought the idea of opening a gift everyday might help.
So again, I went through my sadly depleted Basket of Joy gift box - found a few items that would work for her, and then went shopping.
The idea is to have a gift to open the 12 days before Christmas - little or big. I chose a bit bigger because it is my inlaws and it will be their Christmas present.
I found some great things. I wanted them to be usable, not more junk either. I wanted some to be for her, but also some for my father in law, too or for both of them.
SO, I had a couple of Christian books (a devotional and one to read - because I also want easy things for her to do, to help fill in time!), a new scarf and mini gloves, scrapbooking items, hot cider packets with a cup, some office supplies most homes run short of now and then (tape, post its, permanent markers, and so on), as well as, a word find, sudoku and a puzzle book. There were some bigger gifts, too, and it will close off on Christmas Day with a bag of bird seed for my father in law and a photo album for my mother in law.
