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A story, an offer and a question
Dec. 27th, 2006 04:20 pmA story
We had our second serve of Christmas yesterday, gathering those who were at their in-laws on the day itself. What I always find interesting are the different gift-giving rituals of each family.
In my family, presents are put under the tree until after lunch, which is always a leisurely affair made piquant by knowing that presents aren't far away. When everyone is finally settled in the living room, all the presents are distributed so everyone has a little pile at their feet, and then, for a few minutes, there is an orgy of ripping and a flurry of paper being tossed into the centre of the room. Then we're free to spend the rest of the afternoon looking at our new stuff, looking at everyone else's new stuff and thanking people for what they gave us (with the bonus that there's time to recover from a particularly ghastly gift).
Yesterday's gift-giving went a bit differently. This branch of the family also does presents after lunch, but they have a master of ceremonies who distributes the presents one by one. He announces, say, "To John, from Alicia", then gives the present to John, who opens it - slowly and carefully, so as not to rip the paper - and looks at it and thanks the giver and shows it to everyone else. Then, and only then, is the next present handed out. Yesterday, the whole shebang took two-and-a-half hours.
I must admit, while I appreciate the thought behind this little ritual, it's so slow as to make me want to scream. My mother, from whom I have obviously inherited my love of ripping, made me laugh; when she finally got a present, someone said, "Oh, mind that lovely paper".
To which she replied, "Oh, bugger the paper" and tore it off like a matador swinging a cape.
An offer
I purchased a pack of 60 sheets of photo paper last week, and spent yesterday determining that my printer doesn't like them at all. It had a hissy-fit of spectacular proportions, which was repeated on a subsequent attempt this morning. Sigh.
The paper in question is Kodak Ultra Premium Photo Paper, containing 60 sheets (less the four I used), 10 by 15 cm (or 4 by 6 inches)... what else? According to the box, the paper is instant dry, high gloss, 285 g/m2, 265 microns, and compatible with HP, Canon (not mine, it wasn't), Epson, Lexmark and Dell inkjet printers.
Does anyone want it? Free to a good home. :-)
A question
Are Violet Crumbles available in Europe?
We had our second serve of Christmas yesterday, gathering those who were at their in-laws on the day itself. What I always find interesting are the different gift-giving rituals of each family.
In my family, presents are put under the tree until after lunch, which is always a leisurely affair made piquant by knowing that presents aren't far away. When everyone is finally settled in the living room, all the presents are distributed so everyone has a little pile at their feet, and then, for a few minutes, there is an orgy of ripping and a flurry of paper being tossed into the centre of the room. Then we're free to spend the rest of the afternoon looking at our new stuff, looking at everyone else's new stuff and thanking people for what they gave us (with the bonus that there's time to recover from a particularly ghastly gift).
Yesterday's gift-giving went a bit differently. This branch of the family also does presents after lunch, but they have a master of ceremonies who distributes the presents one by one. He announces, say, "To John, from Alicia", then gives the present to John, who opens it - slowly and carefully, so as not to rip the paper - and looks at it and thanks the giver and shows it to everyone else. Then, and only then, is the next present handed out. Yesterday, the whole shebang took two-and-a-half hours.
I must admit, while I appreciate the thought behind this little ritual, it's so slow as to make me want to scream. My mother, from whom I have obviously inherited my love of ripping, made me laugh; when she finally got a present, someone said, "Oh, mind that lovely paper".
To which she replied, "Oh, bugger the paper" and tore it off like a matador swinging a cape.
An offer
I purchased a pack of 60 sheets of photo paper last week, and spent yesterday determining that my printer doesn't like them at all. It had a hissy-fit of spectacular proportions, which was repeated on a subsequent attempt this morning. Sigh.
The paper in question is Kodak Ultra Premium Photo Paper, containing 60 sheets (less the four I used), 10 by 15 cm (or 4 by 6 inches)... what else? According to the box, the paper is instant dry, high gloss, 285 g/m2, 265 microns, and compatible with HP, Canon (not mine, it wasn't), Epson, Lexmark and Dell inkjet printers.
Does anyone want it? Free to a good home. :-)
A question
Are Violet Crumbles available in Europe?
