{"id":702,"date":"2007-12-11T15:34:50","date_gmt":"2007-12-11T23:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aprilgem.com\/log\/?p=702"},"modified":"2007-12-12T13:37:36","modified_gmt":"2007-12-12T21:37:36","slug":"a-christmas-gift-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aprilgem.com\/log\/?p=702","title":{"rendered":"A Christmas Gift Idea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=graphicfant01-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=1401322271&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re like me and have already done most of your gift shopping, you can think about this as a great gift idea for next year, but I saw Caroline Kennedy on <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tim_Russert\">Tim Russert<\/a>&#8216;s show the other day and just had to recommend her book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1401322271?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=graphicfant01-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=1401322271\">A Family Christmas<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=graphicfant01-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=1401322271\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/>.<\/p>\n<p>If the name <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Caroline_Kennedy\">Caroline Kennedy<\/a> doesn&#8217;t ring a bell, you have big, wide gaping holes in your knowledge of American history. Go do some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\">Googling<\/a>. She&#8217;s the daughter of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_F._Kennedy\">John F. Kennedy<\/a>, this country&#8217;s president at the time of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0146309\/\" title=\"The movie says it all.\">the Cuban missile crisis<\/a>. I&#8217;m talking to you, <a href=\"http:\/\/thelede.blogs.nytimes.com\/2007\/12\/10\/nobodys-perfect-press-secretary-edition\/?hp\" title=\"I'm a year younger than you, yet even I knew about the Cuban missile crisis, and I don't even work in politics. WTF?\">Ms. Perino.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anyway, from what I understood of the interview, Caroline&#8217;s book is a hodge podge of Christmas tales, traditions, and trivia. Some of what she talked about sounded a little bit like <a href=\"http:\/\/aprilgem.com\/archives\/v02\/xmaspast.html\">the Christmas mash<\/a> I put together some years ago. Yet, most of the book seems to be more about her childhood memories of Christmas; some letters written to and from kids, JFK, and Santa; and a spotlight on some of the old favorites&#8212;&#8221;The Gift of the Magi&#8221;, &#8220;It&#8217;s a Wonderful Life&#8221;, and the like.<\/p>\n<p>The longer I listened to the interview, the more I wished that I had bought this book for some of the people on my list instead. 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If the name Caroline Kennedy doesn&#8217;t ring a bell, you have big, wide gaping holes in your knowledge of American history. Go do some Googling. She&#8217;s the daughter of John F. 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