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   gkid said, 5 months ago

   I love Val and Evie. My favorite people….this is such a goood family. They watch out for each other. “Sniff..” Makes you
   cry. :)
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   gkid said, 5 months ago

   Boy, you gotta really hand it to Evie……This will make f-i-v-e kids to watch. Holly, Andy and Alex will be out of
   school for the holidays, possibly. Max and Lucy will
   be the main item….thank goodness for the older ones
   to help, like Andy and Holly. They are family…they all
   pull together, especially during this time, to help Joan
   and Wally. How wonderful. I never really had much of
   a family; it is wonderful to see this one-and a good one. :)
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   Agent54 said, 5 months ago

   Andy is no problem – but the rug rats are not worth the trouble unless there is a big trade payoff coming up.
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   psychlady said, 5 months ago

   Make it something expensive – in more ways than one!!
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   BartJ385 said, 5 months ago

   This is what’s wrong with people today. Oooooh, it is such a huge favour! They will owe us sooooo much for this!
   In my family, things like that would be considered nothing special. The vacation would have to take two weeks or more before it would become worth mentioning.
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   suzleigh said, 5 months ago

   I bought two purses in Paris for my daughter. All she did was drive us to/from the airport.
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   lightenup said, 5 months ago

   Oh they’d do it even without a gift – that’s what family is for. They’re just having fun with it. :-)
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   listmom said, 5 months ago

   I think a box of chocolates from A La Mére de Famille should just about do it. And maybe a nice bottle of French wine.
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   IndyMan said, 5 months ago

   @listmom

   With the French wine maybe we could watch Evie and Val get ‘scnokered’ or
   ‘three sheets to the wind’ after Wally and Joan get home.
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    Brisbanekid said, 5 months ago

    A trip to Hoboken sounds good.
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    Elsie Ross said, 5 months ago

    I think a nice dinner out and a small Parisian gift would be in order.
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    whmIII said, 5 months ago

    Wally is in deep doodoo….
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    harebell said, 5 months ago

    How did Hoboken do in the storm? Is there anything left to travel to? Up where we are, they’re still recovering from last year’s storms.
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    Agingstoner said, 5 months ago

    @gkid

    I taught elementary school for 22 years…that meant trying to teach 34 wiggly kids (with limited English skills) in a cubicle. Five kids is a day off!
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    snarkm said, 5 months ago

    I’m rather glad the ‘one gift’ story line is over for now. I found it rather disappointing to be honest. In my opinion giving gifts to children, when done right, doesn’t teach them greed, rather it teaches generosity because it sets a good example.

    I think it’s important to learn how to listen to people, to their interest and wants and buy, find or make gifts accordingly. For me it’s a joy to find the perfect gift and catch a person completely by surprise because I gave them something they didn’t even know existed, but that suits them perfectly. I don’t think I would have learned to do or like that, if my parents had considered gift giving at Christmas a chore or too expensive or too much effort.
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