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Gifting Your Way

December Monthly Challenge wrap

Melissa Rock
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3 min readDec 30, 2024

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Photo by Melissa Rock

Is this what your December looks like?

Last week, this was my view.

A White Christmas is one of the best gifts for someone who celebrates the holiday—something I’ve taken for granted throughout my childhood.

Snow means snow forts, snow people, sledding, everything is brighter within the interior, snow brings reflection, shimmery glimmery hoarfrost, and oh, my new favorite winter pastime, iPhone photography!

Lucky for us, the nature of gifting seems to be changing. People are deciding to celebrate their way and curate the magic that makes sense for them.

And the submissions to December’s challenge Gift Us With Your Stories of Gifting did just that. This month's stories are small but mighty! Just see for yourself:

Dr. Preeti Singh considers the Chrysanthemums in her neighborhood a gift. I mean, isn’t this what many of us aspire to do? Take time to smell the roses — ah-hem, Chrysanthemums? I’ve learned much more about the flower in this story, more flowers than I realize fall under the ‘mum’ category.

It is used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat headaches, dizziness, and high cholesterol.

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Melissa Rock
Melissa Rock

Written by Melissa Rock

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