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   paha_siga said, 5 months ago

   So it will be now, when she opens her present to find one necklace…
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   somebodyshort said, 5 months ago

   To add my 2 cents to the can opener
   Back for Christmas’59 we’d just come from Europe and could barely keep our head above water. Mom got dad a hand can opener. Dad just passed it down to my daughter this summer.
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   Night-Gaunt49 said, 5 months ago

   Sneaky Alix.
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   Zero-Gabriel said, 5 months ago

   Something tells Alix’s allowance isn’t much of a sum… which why I guess she can only do handmade necklaces…
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   psychlady said, 5 months ago

   Typical family. So much for the surprises!
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   ghostkeeper said, 5 months ago

   @somebodyshort

   A 1959 can opener . . . actually, that’s vintage these days!
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   Saskfan said, 5 months ago

   @Zero-Gabriel

   But she’s putting thought into the gift, and MAKING gifts. Doesn’t that count?
   
   You sound like a person to whom my friend sent a christmas card with an image from a wood block she cut herself, hand-stamped onto the paper she made especially for her cards that year, and personalized with a calligraphic message. One of her recipients said, “Oh. You couldn’t afford to buy cards this year?” That person fell off her christmas list.
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   mrsdonaldson said, 5 months ago

   Love Alix!
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   whmIII said, 5 months ago

   That way there is no guessing…
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    lightenup said, 5 months ago

    So cute!
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    Fredcritter said, 5 months ago

    @somebodyshort

    :D Thank you! You just warmed my heart and made my day!
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    sjsczurek said, 5 months ago

    @ghostkeeper

    Yeah. Not too easy to find a genuine “churchkey.” That is, one that does not have a stupid magnet rivetted on to it.
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    Wolfdreamer250 said, 5 months ago

    Alix is what? Nine? Between 8 and 10 are the ages you expect kids to make handmade gifts. Any younger and parents buy it for them, any older and their allowance is expected to support the gift season.
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    angusdad said, 5 months ago

    @ghostkeeper

    It probably would be in an antique store. We use to have one that mounted to the cabinet. Would love to find one of those again.
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    DAZZ said, 5 months ago

    I still have a cast metal parrot whose beak is a bottle opener (was my parents) and paint/enamel is rather worn. It is well over 50 yearss old and lives atop my frig (with a ceramic parrot pitcher and some colorful vases. Various bits of my bird collection live all over my house and yards and many have practical use but mostly just decor.
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