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Practical and useful and thoughtful…OH MY!
Patrick Kucharson
November 14, 2023 • Estimated Reading Time: 8 minutes
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My attempt to make you smile
before getting to today’s gift ideas
Hi gift-givers! Today, we highlight a gift that will allow you to finally prove to your family why you were always Grandma’s favorite.
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before today’s gift ideas
Calling all step-parents (and step-grandparents) considering holiday gifts for their stepchildren!
If you’re not a stepmom but are close with someone who is, forward this their way!
Estimated read time: 2 minutes & 25 seconds
Gift idea time! Here’s a story of a
great gift to spark your creativity
The “family calendar" Gift:
My brother, my cousin, and I started a holiday gift tradition about 10 years ago that has become a favorite of our parents, grandparents, and other extended family members. Each November, we review and update a list of significant dates unique to our family (birthdays, anniversaries, dates of remembrance, etc.). I then use an online service to create a personalized wall calendar for the upcoming year that includes those unique family events along with photos of family members. We order copies for each of the households in our extended family. Not only are these calendars useful throughout the year, but I believe they have helped our family stay closer to each other.
Why this gift is great
Saves recipients time and stress
Family (or workplace) bonding tool
Gift traditions make future gift brainstorming easy
Lions and tigers and bears Practical and useful and thoughtful…OH MY!
One gift, many potential recipients - check several people off your holiday list with this gift
Brainstorming your version of this gift
BGC Playbook for Family Calendar Gift:
Create a list of your family’s dates of significance
Gather photos for the calendar
Use an online service to create & order personalize calendar(s)
Services for creating personalized family calendars:
Shutterfly - Click on any calendar and then select the Personalize button (dates will save in your account for next year)
BGC Playbook for Free Digital Version of the Family Calendar Gift:
Use your current Gmail calendar or create a new Gmail account reserved just for this purpose
Populate the Gmail account’s calendar with your family’s significant dates
Change the settings of the calendar to share with others (see how-to video)
Making this gift happen
[see the above BGC playbook]
For making this and other gifts happen, consider BGC’s playbook for confident gift-giving that saves you time & stress: 4-Step Playbook for Giving Better Gifts in a Busy World. Interested, but not sure? Here’s a free preview of the playbook.
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My attempt to send
you off with a smile
Cheers to remembering your cousin’s anniversary,
Patrick Kucharson
Better Gift Coach
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One of the nicest gifts I've ever received is along the lines of your current newsletter. It was from my sister, who is a talented artist. She found a Facebook photo of my cat who had died the year before at almost 17 years old, and then she reproduced it as a small, beautifully framed 5x7 watercolor. It wasn't so soon that it was painful; instead, enough time had passed that I was so happy and touched. It has pride of place in my living room, and I smile whenever I see it.
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