Do you buy your childrens' librarian a holiday gift?
We participate in several childrens progams at our local library every week and I am contemplating getting them some sort of Christmas/Holiday gift. They are really a wonderful set of librarians and my son loves them to pieces. Do you buy a gift for your librarian? We're pretty poor at the moment, any suggestions for what would make a thoughtful yet inexpensive gift/gesture?
2010-12-16T10:27:54Z
The problem with a gift card is that there are 5 different librarians that are responsible for the childrens programs, and can't really afford to get one for each of them.
Mom to 3 under 102010-12-16T10:44:48Z
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I *love* the idea of donating a children's book in their name. I also like the idea of giving a small plate of goodies for everyone to enjoy -- cookies, peanut brittle, etc. Even having your child(ren) write a thank you note to the library would be a thoughtful (and free) gesture that would be much appreciated.
One cute and simple idea that we're doing this year for all teachers (including gym/music/art teachers, aides, etc.) is to put some Hershey kisses in the bottom of a whisk, wrap it in a plastic baggie (so the kisses don't fall out), and tie a note on that reads... We "whisk" you a merry Kiss-mas! My daughter already passed out a few of them at school, and the teachers thought they were really cute. (One teacher said she's going to use the idea herself for her own child's teachers.) It's a way of showing your appreciation on a low budget, and it's lots of fun!
I get that you are miffed and it is well within your rights not to buy them a gift this year if you don't want to. However gifts are never a mandatory thing and I've never seen a family reunion when gifts were exchanged anyway. As she is your only aunt, of course you should still invite her. However this spirit of the holiday is in giving not receiving. It seems you have forgotten that, but don't try to mandate that the rest of the family not experience the joy of the holiday season as well. If they wish to give aunt and uncle a gift, they have that right. Would the situation have been different if Uncle had lost his job last year and had not gotten you anything because they could not afford it? Would it have been different if you consistently spend $50 on his gift and he spent $12 on yours. Would you be keeping score? It is really in your best interest to let this go. This year I will be spending far more in gifts than I receive, as my sister is moving and my uncle has been in the hospital. That doesn't matter because I got gifts that I want to see their faces light up when they open their presents. In the spirit of family, you simply cannot allow one bad day to ruin an entire family's relationship. It's the time for forgiveness and if you can't bring yourself to forgive, then as I said, merely exclude Aunt and Uncle from your shopping list this year--but I feel that only you will be hurt by that action.
Yes! We just dropped ours off today; they were thrilled with it.
They stamp the kids' hands at the end of storytime; we got them new stamps. The "grab bag of 10" from this lovely selection: http://www.etsy.com/shop/nikoart
In previous years we got them: a mickey of Bailey's each, and a big tub of cookies plus a stamp, I think. The Bailey's netted us a pretty sincere-sounding thank-you card.
If they do anything with the kids that involves depleting resources, I would try to replenish that. Do they need stickers? Crayons? Etc.
I took care to put the stamps in a reusable box that would store well in their stamp drawer -- they actually gushed over "And the box is PERFECT" -- the box was a nicer design at the dollar store. Cheap but serviceable office supplies might be a good gift.
Sounds like there is enough of a relationship there to warrant at least a card and if you want to maybe add a coffee gift card or something along those lines.
We used to leave a small bag of candy in our mailbox, addressed to our mail carrier for Christmas. I'd say, as long as you not going overboard, a small gift is nice.