Of course, you're thinking of Christmas gifts in August, is not it? Well, I usually do, but this year because I want to tell you about a wonderful idea for a gift for your family, but this must start early.
Present them with a family memoir. memoir as a biography or autobiography. It is a way for family members to meet their brothers and sisters and their ancestors and to pass on the story behind the story such as why "plates are cold ."
I had the opportunity to live with my maternal grandmother for a short time just before she died. She was anxious to talk and she probably thought a lot about his youth. I'm sorry, now, that I was more sensitive to her and asked her more important issues. I wish I had recorded what he had to say.
The same goes for my mother and many members of the rest of my family.
So, for Christmas this year, why not give the gift that the whole family can enjoy for generations? Give the gift of memories.
can do so by the extended family to share their memories, no matter which part of the country they live. There are many ways this could be done. This is just an idea for a very simple way and can help to get your creative juices flowing.
to have a family teleconference and recorded, then transcribed. Using one of the many free services conference, the conference will be free, except for long distance calling charges incurred. recording can even be done free of charge.
To determine the host. It could be a family member or it could be an outsider who will be primed with questions to lead family members in the agreed direction.
For example, have older sisters of the parents as the authority, or a guest, then you have cousins and other extended family members participate in the teleconference. You might even want to invite old family friend who could contribute.
I agree on the subject. That might be what my mother / father like when you were kids? Did my parents just to get along with? Or choose a particular year or a specific place, such as holidays, summer vacation, clothing, education, etc.
could even be a topic of general and everyone gets to ask questions: What kind of clothes did you wear? What is your favorite activity? What are favorite foods, drinks, sweets, snacks, trips? What school did you attend? What kind of toys you have and what are your favorites? Where did you go home and what was your favorite? What are some family traditions for the holidays? Did you play tricks on each other and what is the worst thing is my parents, right?
After the recording is completed, it is easy and inexpensive to duplicate as many copies as needed. Are audio transcription and copy audio and transcriptions can be given to each family member. only costs but long-distance telephone costs, the cost of a duplicate of a CD, the cost of audio transcribed, the cost to print transcription, and the cost of accommodation if you use a host. It would be good to have some family photos of those involved.
This same gift ideas can be used for other occasions and give friends, neighbors, coworkers, parents as a gift. Use the ideas for weddings, class reunions, family reunions, anniversaries, graduations, significant birthdays. Gather a group together to reminisce about the person who has a significant birthday (like one of those ending in zero or 5 ).
Use the ideas for planning events, such as family reunions or holiday dinners.
Once I did transcription for a company that is morphing drastically from its beginnings and some of the original staff are getting older. In this case, instead of using the phone, they got together and reminisced about how he wanted to be part of the "baby" of the company and to see it grow into a successful diva.
So, that's the end of August, and not usually think of Christmas gifts? Maybe this idea will make you think and you can start planning for a Christmas gift to the family now.
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