Do people still call on each other at Christmas?

Drop by for a visit?  I’m not sure, post-Facebook, whether this is still done, but if they do, you need a gift-giving strategy.  It could happen: you could be upstairs, just out of the shower, toweling off, when your eleven year old yells out, “heah, Dad, the Gliegendorfs are here.”

And the Gliegendorfs always bring a present.  And you knew you they were coming and you didn’t get them anything and you are a selfish, self-obsessed, awful, no-good, very bad person.

You need something in bulk for these occasions, something that is really nice, but doesn’t say “bulk present.”

Wine would be neat but the Gliegendorfs don’t drink.   Giving everyone a two week Marriott time share would be cool, but that endless round of ‘I can’t take this — yes you can —  no, no I can’t — I insist — Really?  No, no — Yes!  Take it!” would get really tiresome, and that brings you around to the nuts and chews and the wrapped pears and all that, but you’re the kind that just can’t bring yourself to make conversation about breaded cheeses and savory Vienna sausages, so you need something that can be stored in a closet somewhere, in bulk — completely out of site.

Just take the top one of the stack and say..

“You know, when I watched this, I thought I’d like to give this to all my friends, because I love historic drama — and this is really quality stuff.   It’s a small little production company, but it’s a touching story, and they even wrapped these first two episodes up in a reproduction 18th century newspaper, which I thought was kinda cool..”

And by that time the Gliegendorfs are saying, “Excellent!”

Because it is..

Stock up on Courage This Year for Christmas!