http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2006/12/26/the-simple-dollar-day-after-christmas-report-the-best-of-what-i-gave-and-received/ Financial talk for the rest of us Sat, 16 Feb 2013 01:14:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2006/12/26/the-simple-dollar-day-after-christmas-report-the-best-of-what-i-gave-and-received/#comment-663062 rodgerlvu Fri, 15 May 2009 06:37:13 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2006/12/26/the-simple-dollar-day-after-christmas-report-the-best-of-what-i-gave-and-received/#comment-663062 thanks. you are the most intelligent person i ever met…

]]> http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2006/12/26/the-simple-dollar-day-after-christmas-report-the-best-of-what-i-gave-and-received/#comment-14881 Kevin Zemanek Mon, 02 Apr 2007 02:53:08 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2006/12/26/the-simple-dollar-day-after-christmas-report-the-best-of-what-i-gave-and-received/#comment-14881 My wife’s adult siblings and spouses switched a number of years ago to a gift lottery. On Thanksgiving we draw names and each give and receive a single gift. This is not particularly unique. But this year we did something different. We all have enough “stuff” and really don’t need anything. So we changed the rules. You had to make a donation (up to $25) to a charity or non-profit in the name of the gift recipient. It was fun to pick charities that matched people’s interests. Habitat for Humanity for the sister that is really into her house. The Food Shelf for the sister who likes to cook. A donation to an animal shelter for my wife (beagle lover) and a donation to the American Cancer Society for me (several relatives died from cancer). This allowed us all to put the money where it could be well used – and in keeping with the personal finance topic – we each got to take a tax deduction for a Christmas gift given. :-)

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