Teacher Gift Time: A

Teacher Gift Time: A Great Thank You Is Just A Creative Thought Away You are here: About > Parenting & Family > Child Care Parenting & Family Child Care Essentials Quick Tips Top Parenting Tip Frequently Asked Questions Hot Topics Glossary of Terms Articles & Resources Baby Sitter Tips Child Behavior Child Care Cost Child Care Provider Child Health Child Safety Day Care Centers Home Child Care Kid Activities Quality Child Care Learning Style Parent Involvement Preschool Programs Raising Kids Special Education Buyer's Guide Top 5 Backpack Picks for Back-to-School Top 10 Teacher/Provider Gifts for Under $25 Top 10 Things Child Care Providers Want YOU To Know Top 10 Things To Consider Now For Choosing Child Care Services Guide Picks On Parenting Books About Child Care Services Articles Forums Help FREE Newsletter Sign Up Now for the Child Care newsletter! See Online Courses Search Child Care Teacher Gift Time: A Great Thank You Is Just A Creative Thought Away Child Care Blog « Slumber Party Ideas That Are Fun AND Snooze-Worthy! | Main | 10 Ways To Foster A Child's Creativity » From Robin McClure , Your Guide to Child Care . FREE Newsletter. Sign Up Now! April 14, 2005 Teacher Gift Time: A Great Thank You Is Just A Creative Thought Away It's hard to believe, but the 2004-2005 school year is nearing an end. Depending on where you live, school typically gets out in late May or early June, but already parties and festivities are being planned and thoughts are turning to summer fun . Before you think "summer vacation" have you considered about an appreciation gift to honor your child's teacher for instructional excellence this school year? Here are 10 ideas for teacher/caregiver gifts for under $25. Email to a Friend Display Latest Headlines | | | Read Archives powered by Movable Type Advertisement Most Popular biting child Kid Fighting Gets Attention Make Houseguests Comfortable Biting Child Slumber Party Ideas What's Hot Kid Fighting Gets Attention 10 Ways To Say Thanks! The Pros and Cons of Nannycams Head Lice Treatments Are Easy Dads and Child Care Related Topics Parenting of K-6 Children Parenting: Babies & Toddlers Baby Products Parenting: Babies & Toddlers Children's Books Topic Index | Email to a Friend Our Story | Be a Guide | Advertising Info | Work at About | Site Map | Icons | Help User Agreement | Ethics Policy | Patent Info. | Privacy Policy | Kids' Privacy Policy ©2005 About, Inc., A part of the New York Times Company . All rights reserved. Around About Poll: What would you do with $10 million? 1) Spend it 4) Pay bills 2) Donate 5) Save 3) Invest 6) Not sure Is New York City Safe? Tips for Women Travelling What's Hot Kid Fighting Gets Attention 10 Ways To Say Thanks! The Pros and Cons of Nannycams Head Lice Treatments Are Easy Dads and Child Care Headlines Sept. 24 is Family Health and Fitness Day: Do You Have Plans to Shape-Up? This Saturday marks the ninth annual Family Health and Fitness... Kid Fight: Eight Helpful Tips for Keeping the Squabbles Away Kids bicker...and poke...and downright antagonize each other on occasion. As... Back-To-School Means Nit-Picking Time "Ewww!" is my first reaction when I hear of the... Is A Meningitis Vaccine Right For Your Child? My teen has always been wildly shot-phobic (although I haven't...

College Gift Clubs The

Wagner College Gift Clubs Giving to Wagner --- --- Making a Gift to Wagner Student Phone Program Gifts of Stock and Securities Matching Gifts from Your Employer Senior Class Gift Program Pledge Form ANNUAL FUND HOME © Wagner College 2004 Wagner College Gift Clubs The President's Inner Circle is comprised of distinguished alumni, parents, and civic and corporate leaders who, by their generosity and stature, heighten the prominence of Wagner College. As the leadership supporters of the College, The President's Inner Circle is recognized prominently in the Honor Roll of Donors. Members receive regular communications from the President and they participate in social and cultural occasions that provide an opportunity for close relations among those who are helping the College achieve its goals. Inner Circle Levels of Support TRUSTEE FELLOWS $10,000+ PRESIDENTS PATRONS $5,000-$9,999 DEANS ASSOCIATES $2,500-$4,999 FACULTY COLLEAGUES $1,000-$2,499 Gift Societies THE WAGNERIAN SOCIETY $500-$999 THE GRYMES HILL SOCIETY $250-$499 NEW GRADUATE SOCIETY* $100-$249 * For young alumni who graduated in the years 1999-2004 To find out more information about The Presidents Inner Circle, or the Gift Societies, please contact: Clare Rich Director of Development Wagner College One Campus Road Staten Island, NY 10301 (718) 390-3304 crich@wagner.edu Campus Resources Admissions Athletics Bookstore Campus Life Career Development Contact Directories Emergency Information External Programs Financial Aid Graduate Programs Honors Program Human Resources Library Mailport- Email online Registrar's Office Study Abroad Summer Programs Undergraduate Programs Visiting Campus Wagner Plan/Curriculum Search only Wagner.edu Search www Prospective Students | Prospective Parents | Alumni and Friends | Visitors | Wagner Community Wagner College, One Campus Road, Staten Island, New York 10301 Contact Us | Disclaimer | Privacy Policy | Site Map

Groomsmen Gifts – Bridal

Unique Groomsmen Gifts – Bridal Party Wedding Gifts – Groomsmen Gift Ideas - Unique Gifts, Personalized Gifts, Luxury Gifts - RedEnvelope -- Gifts Gifts by Occasion Wedding Gifts Wedding Gifts: Groomsmen -- Unique Groomsmen Gifts – Bridal Party Wedding Gifts – Groomsmen Gift Ideas Find unique groomsmen gifts at RedEnvelope. Our collection includes many bridal wedding party gifts from monogrammed money clips , Cuban cigars , monogrammed flasks , locket cuff links to many more groomsmen gift ideas . We realize that finding unique groomsmen gifts is no easy task. Our assortment of bridal wedding party gifts simplifies the shopping process by offering a wide variety of affordable groomsmen gift ideas . In addition, for our unique groomsmen gifts, shop our personalized assortment for items that are truly one-of-a-kind. So, show them how thankful you are. 1 showing items 1 - 32 of 32 deluxe electronic bar master horseshoe key chain rich man's change bank mansfield modular valet weston leather cigar case monogrammed square locket cuff links monogrammed carabiner watch navy terry robe golfer's bar tools soho valet tray montgomery weekender bag montgomery messenger bag monogrammed golf ball carrier soho leather watch case belden leather flask brushed nickel accessories box belden money clip initial cuff links scrabble cuff links belden dual time clock cigar samplers monogrammed stainless swiss army knife frog prince maestro cigar lighter + cutter cuban honeys pre-embargo cuban cigars monogrammed golf club links monogrammed cigar + flask case deluxe valet monogrammed money clip leather cd case monogrammed pocket compass 1 showing items 1 - 32 of 32 -- View our other wedding gift ideas collections: bridesmaid gifts , engagement service , unique groomsmen gifts , personalized wedding gifts , wedding gifts . -- Gifts by Occasion • Gifts by Recipient • Online Gifts by Shops • Corporate Gifts Last Minute Gifts • Anniversary Gift Guide • Birthflowers Gift Guide • Birthstones Gift Guide -- ©2005 RedEnvelope, Inc. All rights reserved. The RedEnvelope mark and logo are trademarks of RedEnvelope, Inc. Index .

Anniversary Gift The tradition

How to Buy an Anniversary Gift - eHow.com Clear Instructions on How To Do (just about) Everything Web eHow.com Home Holidays & Traditions Center Gift Giving How to Buy an Anniversary Gift The tradition of tying gifts to particular wedding anniversaries began in central Europe. Medieval German wives received silver wreaths on their 25th anniversary, gold ones on their 50th. Other traditions have added to the eight original gifts. (Diamonds, which originally marked the 60th anniversary, are now common gifts early in marriage.) Here's how to marry the old with the new. YEAR TRADITIONAL MODERN First Paper Frame a poem or love letter; artist sketch from a wedding photograph. Second Cotton Clothing, linens, gift certificate for apparel. Third Leather Briefcase, handbag, leather jacket, wallet. Fourth Fruit/Flowers Plant a garden, give a fruit tree. Fifth Wood Jewelry box, plant a tree. Sixth Iron Wrought-iron garden gate, golf clubs. Seventh Wool/Copper Sweater, cookware. Eighth Bronze/Pottery Sculpture, matching coffee mugs. Ninth Pottery/Willow Willow tree, wicker furniture. Tenth Tin/Aluminium Metal-framed sunglasses, digital camera, tools, bicycle. Eleventh Steel Kitchen knives. Twelfth Silk/Linen Tablecloth, scarf, pajamas, linens. Thirteenth Lace Antique tablecloth, curtains, table runner. Fourteenth Ivory Piano. Fifteenth Crystal Candlesticks, wineglasses, clock. Twentieth China Trip to China, new place setting. Twenty-fifth Silver Airline tickets wrapped in a silver bow, tray, tie clip, goblets, antique coins. Thirtieth Pearl Earrings, necklace; mother-of-pearl inlaid pocketknife. Thirty-fifth Coral Trip to the tropics, coral beaded necklace. Fortieth Ruby Jewelry. Forty-fifth Sapphire Jewelry. Fiftieth Gold Watch, clock, pen, jewelry. Fifty-fifth Emerald Trip to Ireland, jewelry. Sixtieth Diamond Watch, jewelry. YEAR TRADITIONAL MODERN First Paper Frame a poem or love letter; artist sketch from a wedding photograph. Second Cotton Clothing, linens, gift certificate for apparel. Third Leather Briefcase, handbag, leather jacket, wallet. Fourth Fruit/Flowers Plant a garden, give a fruit tree. Fifth Wood Jewelry box, plant a tree. Sixth Iron Wrought-iron garden gate, golf clubs. Seventh Wool/Copper Sweater, cookware. Eighth Bronze/Pottery Sculpture, matching coffee mugs. Ninth Pottery/Willow Willow tree, wicker furniture. Tenth Tin/Aluminium Metal-framed sunglasses, digital camera, tools, bicycle. Eleventh Steel Kitchen knives. Twelfth Silk/Linen Tablecloth, scarf, pajamas, linens. Thirteenth Lace Antique tablecloth, curtains, table runner. Fourteenth Ivory Piano. Fifteenth Crystal Candlesticks, wineglasses, clock. Twentieth China Trip to China, new place setting. Twenty-fifth Silver Airline tickets wrapped in a silver bow, tray, tie clip, goblets, antique coins. Thirtieth Pearl Earrings, necklace; mother-of-pearl inlaid pocketknife. Thirty-fifth Coral Trip to the tropics, coral beaded necklace. Fortieth Ruby Jewelry. Forty-fifth Sapphire Jewelry. Fiftieth Gold Watch, clock, pen, jewelry. Fifty-fifth Emerald Trip to Ireland, jewelry. Sixtieth Diamond Watch, jewelry. Please Share Your Tips with Us E-mail this page to a friend Write an eHow Article Suggest a Topic More Resources: Related eHows: Buy a Father's Day Gift Buy a Mother's Day Gift Buy a Graduation Gift Get a Gift for the Person Who Has Everything Buy Wedding Gifts Project Details: Skill Advisory: Easy Printable Page New! -- Related eHows: Buy a Father's Day Gift Buy a Mother's Day Gift Buy a Graduation Gift Get a Gift for the Person Who Has Everything Buy Wedding Gifts Check out Thousands of How-To Solutions in eHow's Centers Automotive Careers & Education Computers & Home Electronics Family & Relationships Finance & Business Food & Entertaining Health Hobbies & Games Holidays & Traditions Home & Garden Personal Care & Style Pets Sports & Fitness Travel How to: --? Web eHow.com Home | Site Map | About Us | How To Books | Link to eHow Subscribe to the eHow of the Day Mailing List : Have the eHow of the Day appear on your My Yahoo! Page: Add the eHow of the Day to your RSS reader: © 1999-2005 eHow, Inc. How things get done. Use of this web site constitutes acceptance of the eHow Terms of Use and Privacy .

Christmas Gift

The Gift of the Magi THE GIFT OF THE MAGI by O. Henry One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. Andsixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and twoat a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man andthe butcher until one's cheeks burned with the silentimputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied. Three times Della counted it. One dollar and eighty- sevencents. And the next day would be Christmas. There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on theshabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Whichinstigates the moral reflection that life is made up ofsobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating. While the mistress of the home is gradually subsidingfrom the first stage to the second, take a look at the home.A furnished flat at $8 per week. It did not exactly beggardescription, but it certainly had that word on the lookoutfor the mendicancy squad. In the vestibule below was a letter-box into which noletter would go, and an electric button from which no mortalfinger could coax a ring. Also appertaining thereunto was acard bearing the name "Mr. James Dillingham Young." The "Dillingham" had been flung to the breeze during aformer period of prosperity when its possessor was beingpaid $30 per week. Now, when the income was shrunk to $20,though, they were thinking seriously of contracting to amodest and unassuming D. But whenever Mr. James DillinghamYoung came home and reached his flat above he was called"Jim" and greatly hugged by Mrs. James Dillingham Young,already introduced to you as Della. Which is all very good. Della finished her cry and attended to her cheeks withthe powder rag. She stood by the window and looked out dullyat a gray cat walking a gray fence in a gray backyard.Tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only $1.87 withwhich to buy Jim a present. She had been saving every pennyshe could for months, with this result. Twenty dollars aweek doesn't go far. Expenses had been greater than she hadcalculated. They always are. Only $1.87 to buy a present forJim. Her Jim. Many a happy hour she had spent planning forsomething nice for him. Something fine and rare andsterling--something just a little bit near to being worthyof the honor of being owned by Jim. There was a pier-glass between the windows of the room.Perhaps you have seen a pier-glass in an $8 flat. A very thin and very agile person may, by observing his reflection in arapid sequence of longitudinal strips, obtain a fairlyaccurate conception of his looks. Della, being slender, hadmastered the art. Suddenly she whirled from the window and stood beforethe glass. her eyes were shining brilliantly, but her facehad lost its color within twenty seconds. Rapidly she pulleddown her hair and let it fall to its full length. Now, there were two possessions of the James DillinghamYoungs in which they both took a mighty pride. One was Jim'sgold watch that had been his father's and his grandfather's.The other was Della's hair. Had the queen of Sheba lived inthe flat across the airshaft, Della would have let her hairhang out the window some day to dry just to depreciate Her Majesty's jewels and gifts. Had King Solomon been thejanitor, with all his treasures piled up in the basement,Jim would have pulled out his watch every time he passed,just to see him pluck at his beard from envy. So now Della's beautiful hair fell about her ripplingand shining like a cascade of brown waters. It reached belowher knee and made itself almost a garment for her. And thenshe did it up again nervously and quickly. Once she falteredfor a minute and stood still while a tear or two splashed onthe worn red carpet. On went her old brown jacket; on went her old brownhat. With a whirl of skirts and with the brilliant sparklestill in her eyes, she fluttered out the door and down thestairs to the street. Where she stopped the sign read: "Mne. Sofronie. HairGoods of All Kinds." One flight up Della ran, and collectedherself, panting. Madame, large, too white, chilly, hardlylooked the "Sofronie." "Will you buy my hair?" asked Della. "I buy hair," said Madame. "Take yer hat off and let'shave a sight at the looks of it." Down rippled the brown cascade. "Twenty dollars," said Madame, lifting the mass with apractised hand. "Give it to me quick," said Della. Oh, and the next two hours tripped by on rosy wings.Forget the hashed metaphor. She was ransacking the storesfor Jim's present. She found it at last. It surely had been made for Jimand no one else. There was no other like it in any of thestores, and she had turned all of them inside out. It was aplatinum fob chain simple and chaste in design, properlyproclaiming its value by substance alone and not by meretriciousornamentation--as all good things should do. Itwas even worthy of The Watch. As soon as she saw it she knewthat it must be Jim's. It was like him. Quietness andvalue--the description applied to both. Twenty-one dollarsthey took from her for it, and she hurried home with the 87cents. With that chain on his watch Jim might be properlyanxious about the time in any company. Grand as the watchwas, he sometimes looked at it on the sly on account of theold leather strap that he used in place of a chain. When Della reached home her intoxication gave way alittle to prudence and reason. She got out her curling ironsand lighted the gas and went to work repairing the ravagesmade by generosity added to love. Which is always atremendous task, dear friends--a mammoth task. Within forty minutes her head was covered with tiny,close-lying curls that made her look wonderfully like a truantschoolboy. She looked at her reflection in the mirrorlong, carefully, and critically. "If Jim doesn't kill me," she said to herself, "beforehe takes a second look at me, he'll say I look like a ConeyIsland chorus girl. But what could I do--oh! what could Ido with a dollar and eighty- seven cents?" At 7 o'clock the coffee was made and the frying-pan wason the back of the stove hot and ready to cook the chops. Jim was never late. Della doubled the fob chain in herhand and sat on the corner of the table near the door thathe always entered. Then she heard his step on the stair away down on the first flight, and sheturned white for just a moment. She had a habit for sayinglittle silent prayer about the simplest everyday things, andnow she whispered: "Please God, make him think I am stillpretty." The door opened and Jim stepped in and closed it. Helooked thin and very serious. Poor fellow, he was onlytwenty-two--and to be burdened with a family! He needed anew overcoat and he was without gloves. Jim stopped inside the door, as immovable as a setterat the scent of quail. His eyes were fixed upon Della, andthere was an expression in them that she could not read, andit terrified her. It was not anger, nor surprise, nordisapproval, nor horror, nor any of the sentiments that shehad been prepared for. He simply stared at her fixedly withthat peculiar expression on his face. Della wriggled off the table and went for him. "Jim, darling," she cried, "don't look at me that way.I had my hair cut off and sold because I couldn't have livedthrough Christmas without giving you a present. It'll growout again--you won't mind, will you? I just had to do it. Myhair grows awfully fast. Say `Merry Christmas!' Jim, andlet's be happy. You don't know what a nice-- what abeautiful, nice gift I've got for you." "You've cut off your hair?" asked Jim, laboriously, asif he had not arrived at that patent fact yet even after thehardest mental labor. "Cut it off and sold it," said Della. "Don't you likeme just as well, anyhow? I'm me without my hair, ain't I?" Jim looked about the room curiously. "You say your hair is gone?" he said, with an airalmost of idiocy. "You needn't look for it," said Della. "It's sold, Itell you--sold and gone, too. It's Christmas Eve, boy. Begood to me, for it went for you. Maybe the hairs of my headwere numbered," she went on with sudden serious sweetness,"but nobody could ever count my love for you. Shall I putthe chops on, Jim?" Out of his trance Jim seemed quickly to wake. Heenfolded his Della. For ten seconds let us regard withdiscreet scrutiny some inconsequential object in the otherdirection. Eight dollars a week or a million a year--what isthe difference? A mathematician or a wit would give you thewrong answer. The magi brought valuable gifts, but that wasnot among them. This dark assertion will be illuminatedlater on. Jim drew a package from his overcoat pocket and threwit upon the table. "Don't make any mistake, Dell," he said, "about me. Idon't think there's anything in the way of a haircut or ashave or a shampoo that could make me like my girl any less.But if you'll unwrap that package you may see why you had megoing a while at first." White fingers and nimble tore at the string and paper.And then an ecstatic scream of joy; and then, alas! a quickfeminine change to hysterical tears and wails, necessitatingthe immediate employment of all the comforting powers of thelord of the flat. For there lay The Combs--the set of combs, side andback, that Della had worshipped long in a Broadway window.Beautiful combs, pure tortoise shell, with jewelledrims--just the shade to wear in the beautiful vanished hair.They were expensive combs, she knew, and her heart hadsimply craved and yearned over them without the least hopeof possession. And now, they were hers, but the tresses thatshould have adorned the coveted adornments were gone. But she hugged them to her bosom, and at length she wasable to look up with dim eyes and a smile and say: "My hairgrows so fast, Jim!" And them Della leaped up like a little singed cat andcried, "Oh, oh!" Jim had not yet seen his beautiful present. She held itout to him eagerly upon her open palm. The dull preciousmetal seemed to flash with a reflection of her bright andardent spirit. "Isn't it a dandy, Jim? I hunted all over town to findit. You'll have to look at the time a hundred times a daynow. Give me your watch. I want to see how it looks on it." Instead of obeying, Jim tumbled down on the couch andput his hands under the back of his head and smiled. "Dell," said he, "let's put our Christmas presents awayand keep 'em a while. They're too nice to use just atpresent. I sold the watch to get the money to buy yourcombs. And now suppose you put the chops on." The magi, as you know, were wise men--wonderfully wisemen--who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. Theyinvented the art of giving Christmas presents. Being wise,their gifts were no doubt wise ones, possibly bearing theprivilege of exchange in case of duplication. And here Ihave lamely related to you the uneventful chronicle of twofoolish children in a flat who most unwisely sacrificed foreach other the greatest treasures of their house. But in alast word to the wise of these days let it be said that ofall who give gifts these two were the wisest. O all who giveand receive gifts, such as they are wisest. Everywhere theyare wisest. They are the magi. Return to Christmas Poems and Stories Hypertext format ©1996 Rosemary (Rosie) Winters rosiec@night.net . All rights reserved.