About The Christmas Family:
The Greatest Christmas Gift
Contractor
Brady Buchanon can’t wait to surprise single mom Abby Webster with his
company’s Christmas home makeover prize. But once he does, the
struggling waitress turns him down flat! Raised in foster care, Abby
won’t accept charity. Yet when her dilapidated porch almost injures her
daughter, Abby finally agrees to Brady’s offer. As the hardworking
bachelor pushes to finish the house in time for Christmas, he starts
falling for Abby and her little girl. With the holidays in sight, Brady
wonders if Abby will not only accept her beautiful new home, but also
his wish to make her his wife…
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Linda
Goodnight’s Five Easy, Creative Ways to Give Money
Money and gift
cards are popular gift choices for teens or older kids and, no doubt about it,
they love them. Plus, they’re easy to give. But simply handing over cash or a
card doesn’t feel “special” enough to me. So, every year I look for clever ways
to give money or gift cards to the older kids on my list. Here are five I’ve
used with good success:
1. Snow Globe Money.
One year while out shopping, I found an inexpensive snow globe with a photo insert
slot. Instead of the photo, I inserted a folded twenty-dollar bill. Globes are
also available in various prices, sizes and shapes online such as these:
2. Framed! Purchase a picture frame of
any size or price range. Depending on the child’s special interests, you might
even choose a frame in his favorite color, decorated with sports emblems such
as my red-and-white Oklahoma Sooners football frame, dance shoes, animals,
special messages or whatever. Remove the back from the frame and insert the money
or gift card, followed by a picture, a piece of shiny gift wrap or the printed background
of your choice. You crafty folks will make origami or something creative with
the bills. I just get them in there! Replace the back. Wrap or bag.
3. Tissue Box
Money. This one works best for an older child with a sense of humor. My thirteen-year-old
granddaughter loved it. Tape dollar bills end to end with a dab of tape. (You
want to be able to remove the tape without tearing the money.) Roll the taped
bills into a tube shape and insert into an empty Kleenex box leaving the edge
of one bill poking out. Wrap or gift bag the box. The child will have fun
pulling out the endless roll of “tissue” money.
4. Buy a Wallet. Or a cell phone
holster, suitable to the recipient’s age and in whatever price range you want. This
works especially well for those hard-to-buy-for teenage boys. Insert the gift
card or money into the wallet and gift wrap.
5. Christmas
Ornament Cash. Purchase a large, hollow transparent or clear globe ornament.
Remove the top and fill the inside with bills of any denomination. Optionally,
stuff in colored garland or tinsel along with a single bill. Write the person’s
name on the ornament, and leave blank or decorate however you wish. Replace the
top, add a hook hanger, wrap in tissue paper, box and gift wrap.
There you have
them. Five easy ways to make money gifts extra special.
Christmas is just
around the corner, and I am always in the market for new, easy ideas for
gifting money or cards. Anyone have some to share?
Happy holidays,
Linda
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