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And slap some of that estrogen cream on under your eyes for the same facial plumpness! (Love this gift guide!)

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I'm seriously doing the Nana Gram for my 97 year old grandmother! Love it!

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I have purchased from your gift guides since the beginning of their time, always hoping for the holiday creativity and togetherness to take over all our days! The end to phone time and screen time and requests for video games! Still buying from it, and so happy to see no more Amazon links this year, because this year…. I hope we can catch more creativity and portrait drawing this year without any nagging as a side. 🤞 ❤️

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All of a Kind Family!!!!! I once had a librarian find the title of this series for me based on a vague description and the approximate location of where the books were shelved in the children’s library of my childhood! Ordering sticker now!

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I did a gift guide last week! But I didn't include the last item, and that's on me.

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ALSO THANKS FOR INCLUDING STICKERS. Give adults STICKERS

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Oh, Kzteryn would _absolutely_ gift a single menorah salad tong. (Wait, is Hanukkah _not_ about celebrating the Miracle Of The Salad Oil? I always get the Jewish holidays mixed up...)

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God you write a great gift guide!! Thanks for all the great ideas (and the laughs!).

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Thank you for the gift guides! I always find games and puzzles I wouldn't otherwise that my kids love. In a few weeks, I will have all adult children. Sob. The games and puzzles are becoming a longstanding winter break tradition that I love to see continue.

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I just sent a pic of those handwritten lyrics to my English teacher sister 🥰

I slowly finished We All Want Impossible Things last night… I did not want it to end… thank you Catherine, your words will stay with me a long long time xx

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So many good things!! I'm so glad you included Ouisi, which I recommended a few posts ago. It's a beautiful game and uses all of you brain.

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Ditto on the OuiSi! We love our and I bought a second one for my parents — my mom was recently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and I’m hoping it will be something she’ll enjoy.

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Truly something for everybody on this clever gift list. I've already ordered the Emberley thumbprint drawing book, claiming it's for the grandchildren, but I might just keep it!

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That annotated edition of Bel Canto looks so dreamy!

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Thank you! I just knocked out half my list... Now I just need to write a poem to send Julia..Happy Thanksgiving! xx

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What a vision... And next, brilliant headline: Don’t sleep on your local Goodwill as a gift-finding venue!

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