Today I begin a few days...weeks, more likely....of Christmas gift crafting. I'd show pictures and tell what I'm up to, but you might be getting something and it could spoil the surprise. But with Genius Golfer's employment situation this past year I'm having to get creative...figuratively and literally....for Christmas gifts.
But here is my conundrum: With homemade gifts, do you ever have gift-giving-guilt about the cost of said gifts? For example--have you even seen someone's face when you give them a homemade and filled-with-love kind of gift when they in turn have given you a lovely and significantly more expensive store bought something? Some people look seriously disappointed. And it hurts.
Maybe I grew up in the "uber-fairness" household. Since I have only one sister, my parents were pretty conspicuous about even-stevens kind of gifts...similar costs or even two of the same thing. I think I may be warped about that as I find myself doing the same thing with my kids.
Does anyone else have this issue at Christmas? Or am I just paranoid about my crafting skills and prematurely worried that what I am making will be received with a smile but also with a subliminal thought of "lame"?
Oh, the Christmas season's stress has begun, I suppose.
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I feel your pain. The majority of my Christmas gifts are going to be homemade this year. I have a fear that even my young kiddos will be disappointed. But hopefully not. I am putting way more time and energy than usual into Christmas gift this year. That should be worth something, right? :)
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