{"id":51,"date":"2014-12-11T21:17:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T21:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elitemporaryblog.wordpress.com\/2014\/12\/11\/gifts-n-stuff-yo-ho-ho"},"modified":"2015-12-10T18:54:49","modified_gmt":"2015-12-10T23:54:49","slug":"gifts-n-stuff-yo-ho-ho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangette.net\/2014\/12\/gifts-n-stuff-yo-ho-ho\/","title":{"rendered":"Gifts ‘n’ stuff, yo ho ho"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello again, approximately four days later than intended. Thank you for your well wishes and general kindness. I am happy to report that June, at least, is back to health, even if Brandon and I both still look and feel as though someone has crammed our sinuses full of cotton balls. Or no, scratchy wool blankets? Wet down comforters? Wet down comforters! Anyway, we\u2019re tired of it.<\/p>\n

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Of course, the days march ever on, and the holidays creep ever closer, so I\u2019m trying to focus on that. Every year, I\u2019m surprised anew by how much I like the ritual of choosing presents, bringing them home, wrapping them, and sending them off. Both this year and last, I am wrapping everything in plain brown kraft paper from the drugstore, stamping a label<\/a> on the front, and then asking June to draw or paint whatever she wants on them, which usually results in a gift that looks like it was wrapped by someone in the midst of a grand mal seizure. I like it, and so does she.<\/p>\n

Maybe you\u2019re done with the whole gift thing, given that it\u2019s now almost the middle of the month. But on the off chance that you\u2019re still on the hunt and would like some help, I want to share a few of my favorites:<\/p>\n

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Who wouldn\u2019t like a gift card to Heidi<\/a>‘s beautifully curated Quitokeeto<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Likewise, a More & Co. gift card<\/a>. Yes, please.<\/p>\n

June is getting a stocking full of Mrs. Grossman\u2019s stickers<\/a>. This may be the single greatest idea I have ever had. I had a sticker collection as a kid – the only collection I\u2019ve had of anything, really – and it still makes me happy to think of it.<\/p>\n

Also, for a kid, or for anyone: a sunprint kit<\/a>. Easy fun.<\/p>\n

Grandparents the world around love a good family photo calendar. Pinhole Press<\/a>\u2019s are the best.<\/p>\n

I bought myself a subscription to The New Yorker<\/i><\/a> four years ago, and it\u2019s the smartest thing I\u2019ve done for myself as a writer. My dad used to subscribe when I was a kid, and I always thought it was intimidating and pretentious Dad Stuff, but hey: turns out, it\u2019s a fantastic education, every single week. Yes, the pace at which the issues arrive can feel relentless, but don\u2019t let it get you down. Just read what jumps out at you. I love The New Yorker.<\/i><\/p>\n

I think I first read about this lip (and general skin) moisturizer<\/a> on A Cup of Jo<\/a>, and though I initially choked a little on the price, I bought it, and I love it.<\/p>\n

My friends Christophe and Gemma, the people behind Lawson\u2019s Books in Edinburgh, have just published Anna et Salom\u00e9<\/a><\/i>, a stunning collection of photographs by Adri\u00e0 Ca\u00f1ameras. I can\u2019t wait to get my hands on it.<\/p>\n

Two years ago, I gave a handful of family members boxes of kishu mandarins from Churchill Orchard<\/a>, and they went nuts<\/i>. It\u2019s not especially cheap, and it\u2019s a little tricky as a Christmas gift, since kishus aren\u2019t ready for shipping until January or so, but it\u2019s well worth the effort. Here\u2019s what I did: I signed up to be notified<\/a> when kishus were available, and then, as the gift to be opened, I printed out information about Churchill Orchard and stuck it in an envelope with a note. Later, when I got an e-mail notification from the orchard, I ordered the fruit, and off it went. My cousins and my mom still<\/i> talk about those mandarins. Churchill Orchard\u2019s pixie tangerines are also wonderful.<\/p>\n

And last but never least, bake cookies! Make candies! Give a jar of homemade granola! Get the whole family involved, if the chaos doesn\u2019t make your hair fall out!<\/p>\n

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(This is my niece Mia from a few years ago, by the way, not June. June is still a little young for beater duty.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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Here are some of my edible gifts from years past, and I\u2019ve put an asterisk by the ones I\u2019m making this year:<\/p>\n

Granola No. 5<\/a>
\nBuckwheat Butter Cookies with Cocoa Nibs<\/a>
\nChocolate Rads<\/a>
\nChocolate-Dipped Fruit-Nut Balls<\/a>
\nMeyer Lemon Sabl\u00e9s<\/strong><\/a>
\nReal Danish Butter Cookies<\/a>
\nWhole Wheat Sabl\u00e9s with Cacao Nibs<\/a>*
\nApple Butter<\/a>
\nCaramel Corn with Salted Peanuts<\/a>
\nChocolate \u201cBlocks\u201d with Fruit and Nuts<\/strong><\/a>
\nThree-Layer Peppermint Bark<\/a>*<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll be back shortly with a recipe for a cookie that my mom always made for Christmas giving when I was a kid. x<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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