It’s the thought that counts

I read a story a while back during Christmas from a book of short stories called Chicken Soup for the Soul : A Christmas Treasury for Kids. The short story was titled “I’m not Scrooge… Just Broke.”

It’s a story about a kid who has 3 dollars left and five people to still get gifts for.  So he goes to his family and friends and they put a 30 cent maximum on the Christmas gifts for each other. The end results were sweet. He put time and thought into the gifts. His mother got a candle with a tag on it saying,”You’re the brightest light in my life.”Another gift was a bag of sugar with the words “you’re sweet.” A gift to his brother was a ruler and on the back it said “No brother in the world could measure up to you.”

What’s so nice about these gifts is that the giver took the time to think about the person and what they liked about them. They did not cost a lot of money, and they were not big items that came with a lot of packaging.  Instead they were items that could be found locally- no shipping required! These 30 cent gifts came from the heart, like true holiday spirit.

I think this year I will try it on my friends and family. Happy Holidays everyone!