Susan Moeller has been writing a journal of the gifts she has given on Christmas since 1975, the year she got married and had to make sure that they didn't give people the same gift twice or hadn't forgotten somebody.
It's a great way to organize, which she admits used to be her mother's role. In doing the records, she writes down the names of the recipients and beside those, the gifts that they were given. At times, she also wrote other experiences or events that happened during that year's holidays.
Apart from the gifts they have given, she had also included gifts they have received along with other notes like Christmas card lists, letters to Santa, and even newspaper clips about self-care during the holidays.
She had also shared how they hosted a Christmas dinner for 15 people on a Tuesday in 1979. Apparently, the week prior was quite a busy one when they hosted her husband's office party on Friday, and then a cocktail party for 40 on Sunday.
It's quite a hobby and quite impressive to have been able to keep it going for almost 50 years, although this year, she blissfully writes that there were fewer entries, with simpler gifts, no cocktail parties, no deaths, and a new baby to be welcomed into the family. -via NPR
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