On 21 Dec 2013, at 18:19, John <johnsess...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Princess dress in either yellow or blue > Despicable Me game for Wii > Clothes > > Seems to me, the kid's remarkably level-headed & restrained when it > comes to Christmas Wish List making. I'd have gone off the deep end and > asked for everything figuring if I got lucky I might get at least one > thing on my list. > > I've thought about Arts & Crafts stuff since it was suggested & I like > the idea, but I don't want to get her anything that's going to force her > parents to keep resupplying the kit. Wouldn't bother me if I could count > on my brother to let me know whenever the materials needed replenishing. > > I've looked at a box set of Harry Potter books at Costco. I talked to > her dad (who is notoriously a NON-reader) & he says she's starting to > like books.
Buy just the first HP and if she likes it she has the pleasure of collecting / receiving the others later, one by one. When I was about that age I liked the anticipation and the pleasure of going to the library or bookshop to get the next Biggles or Secret Seven, and the girls (now young women) I know who were kids when the HP books came out loved the thrill of the next one. Getting someone hooked on books as young as possible is for life, not just for Christmas! B > > I'm hesitating because I'm not sure that's a gift that would delight > her, and not just a gift that delights me (... at 10 I'd just discovered > the joys of Heinlein's juveniles & Asimov's "Lucky Star" ...). >> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
