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Gifts of Yesteryear

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                                                                            Do you remember what you were gifted last year for Christmas? Neither do I. Maybe there is that one gift - the bicycle at age 5 - but after that the memory becomes blurry. That collection of Beanie Babies we searched the world over to find. Now they collect dust in our attic space out of reach. We counted on them being worth good money one day...but that one day is today and no one is willing to pay. Tickle Me Elmo. Where is he now? Latest Amazon deliveries today will be the has-beens of tomorrow.  With that in mind, why in the world do we get frantic and fret and frolic to and fro to buy that extra special something for that extra special someone? They are merely going to quickly forget what was gifted to them...just li...