Scott Bush

As you may have read elsewhere on teh Intarwebs, we focused on homemade gifts this year. I’m pleased to report that our friends and family did as well. In addition to receiving a nice jar of hand-mixed chai tea leaves, brownies, a family tree, and hand-drawn calendar (from my 8-year-old neice), I received one of the best presents ever.

A wallet.

Not just any wallet: a duct-tape wallet. Not just any duct-tape wallet: an Apple duct-tape wallet. My sister-in-law and her boyfriend Magic Joe produced a present that exactly captured me. I love duct-tape wallets (I’m on my fourth one in as many years) and I sure love Apple. Combining the two into one handmade gift was sure appreciated. (They also made a great checkbook cozy for my wife: karate style!)

Thanks to everyone for their lovely and thoughtful gifts this year. And for not going nuts… this was the first year in a while in which the level of present-giving felt appropriate, not gluttonous.