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- Do you enjoy giving presents?
- How long do you usually spend searching for the right present?
- Do you like to receive presents from family and friends?
- Do you keep things you don’t really like, because they were a present?
This article discusses why the author would like her friends and family to stop buying presents for her children, but to spend time with them instead.
Before you read, what do you think about this idea?
Here is the article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christella-morris/the-gift-of-not-giving-a-thing_b_4236040.html
- How long do you usually spend searching for the right present?
- Do you like to receive presents from family and friends?
- Do you keep things you don’t really like, because they were a present?
This article discusses why the author would like her friends and family to stop buying presents for her children, but to spend time with them instead.
Before you read, what do you think about this idea?
Here is the article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christella-morris/the-gift-of-not-giving-a-thing_b_4236040.html
www.huffingtonpost.com
Why does the author not want any more presents?
What is her favourite thing about presents?
What is her new idea for this Christmas?
What are some of her suggestions for presents?
What benefit did her son get from going to the zoo with her friend?
At the bottom of the article is a video interview with Christella - the writer of the article.
What is her favourite thing about presents?
What is her new idea for this Christmas?
What are some of her suggestions for presents?
What benefit did her son get from going to the zoo with her friend?
At the bottom of the article is a video interview with Christella - the writer of the article.
www.huffingtonpost.com
Why did Christella write the piece?
What is Christella’s distinction between presents and gifts?
What does the interviewer remember doing with a family member?
What do Christella’s kids think about having no ‘presents’
What did Christella’s son say about receiving fewer presents?
What do the words in bold mean?
00:29 “At first glance, it looks a little ‘bah humbug’, but it’s not when you really get into it.”
01:34 “Schedules are so tight these days, they don’t always get what they deserve out of their family, I think.”
01:54 “…and I cherish that now, but I don’t know that at seven years old, I thought that was as much fun as unwrapping a present.”
02.01 “What do your kids think about having no quote unquote presents?”
02:12 “…the flurry of presents that come in around the holidays, maybe one or two stick out, but most of them get broken, they get trashed…”
02:11 “Or just coming over to hang out, that’s all we really want.”
What is Christella’s distinction between presents and gifts?
What does the interviewer remember doing with a family member?
What do Christella’s kids think about having no ‘presents’
What did Christella’s son say about receiving fewer presents?
What do the words in bold mean?
00:29 “At first glance, it looks a little ‘bah humbug’, but it’s not when you really get into it.”
01:34 “Schedules are so tight these days, they don’t always get what they deserve out of their family, I think.”
01:54 “…and I cherish that now, but I don’t know that at seven years old, I thought that was as much fun as unwrapping a present.”
02.01 “What do your kids think about having no quote unquote presents?”
02:12 “…the flurry of presents that come in around the holidays, maybe one or two stick out, but most of them get broken, they get trashed…”
02:11 “Or just coming over to hang out, that’s all we really want.”
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