Comments on: Holiday Giveaway- Win a Christmas or Hanukkah Box of Questions from The Box Girls

By: Nickole

Nickole — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:52:00 +0000

The best Christmas pretent I ever got was my engagement ring and proposal last Christmas :) . He took my Grandmother’s ring (I am VERY close to my Gramma) and got it fixed and cleaned and used that one, I LOVED it!

I also have to say to Gabbygatorsmom… I had tears in MY eyes reading that, very moving story!

By: Callista

Callista — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:21:00 +0000

This sounds really cool! I celebrate both holidays but would want the Christmas one if I won. My best present was this lego type dream house that I got as a child. It was really cool.

By: mama2stmh

mama2stmh — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:52:00 +0000

The best present that I have ever received? Hugs every morning from our children…I like the daily gifts of love the best.

Have a beautiful day,
Lesley

By: gabbygatorsmom

gabbygatorsmom — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:24:00 +0000

My best present, wow. It was one that changed my life.
When I was in seventh grade, I went to a very small school where the elementary school was next door to the high school, and the Highschool was 7-12 grade, all in one building. Everyone rode the same buses, as well. There was a boy on my bus, he was in fifth grade, he had the same last name as me, but we weren’t related. I had just moved to this town that year, and being overweight, and very poor, I didn’t have many friends. This little boy, Tommy, was handicapped. Kids picked on him and made fun of him so badly. I think he may have had autism. He didn’t talk much, but he smiled all the time. I would say hi to him when I got on the bus, and he’d always smile. He had several brothers and sisters, and they all lived with their grandma in a house that was a converted poultry farm house, it used to house chickens! Well, they were even more impoverished than us, having such a big family. I felt so bad for him because everyone picked on him, made fun of him for his disabilities. So, just before Christmas I took the money I had been saving up, and I bought him a Yellow Care Bear, and a cheap pair of gloves. I wrapped it up and took it to school. I waited till the ride home to give it to him, because I was afraid someone would take it at school and destroy it. I gave him the gift, on the bus, and I was really shy about it, afraid people would laugh at me. But, Tommy opened up that box, and his face lit up, he had tears in his eyes, and he hugged that bear up to his cheek all the way home. I cried, and cried and cried, geez, I’m crying now. I don’t remember what I got that year, but nothing was as valuable as the joy in that child’s face, because someone reached out to him, and showed him a little love. My family is still well below the poverty level, but I still try to seek out someone to gift something to, and not just at Christmas. Sometimes what people need the most is just to know that someone thought of them, that THEY are IMPORTANT to somebody.
I hope that each one of you has a Tommy in your life somewhere. If not, I hope that you will seek out one, and bless them with such a gift, it isn’t the cost, after all, it’s truly the thought that counts.
Merry Christmas everyone!

By: Audra Marie

Audra Marie — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:31:00 +0000

This is going to sound corny, but my best present I’ve ever received is my family and the love they give me. :) Yeah – I know – I’m being mushy and sentimental. Sniff. :)

By: forgetfulone

forgetfulone — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 05:18:00 +0000

I’m subscribed and linked to you! My best gift was… that’s so hard! I love all of my electronic gifts. But, the one with the most meaning was probably a ring my husband gave me, white gold with a beautiful saphire, my birthstone.

By: Laura @ Laura Williams' Musings

Laura @ Laura Williams' Musings — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 01:55:00 +0000

The best present ever received was my armoir that hubby bought me for our first Christmas together.

blogged ya: http://laurawilliamsmusings.blogspot.com/2007/12/wednesday-edition-of-contests-galore.html

By: Stacey Moore

Stacey Moore — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 02:58:00 +0000

For Mother’s Day my husband and kiddo got me a ring with the each of the kids name engraved on a seperate band!! I Love IT!!

By: windycindy

windycindy — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 07:10:00 +0000

Hi, My best gift was the engagement ring on the back of a teddy bear’s
ribbon around its’ neck. It was given to me before Christmas, but close enough! My future husband handed me a bear and I thought, well, okay. Then,I turned it around and their was my engagement ring on its ribbon collar. I cried and cried happy tears. We had dated long distance for 3 years. Now, we have two teenage sons and have been married for almost 22 years. Cindi
jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com