Daniel carefully carried a handmade gift for Jeremiah's new baby girl all the way from Heidelberg to Palo Alto. Eva told me how she went about making the gift, the materials she used...
From Eva and Daniel, I also learnt of other such personalized gifts made for friend's wedding etc. I saw Daniel taking time off to work on a book for another wedding...Then I heard Peter, Thomas doing something similar for their friend's wedding.
In today's world where time is precious, people get too busy to care/ think about people, a group of friends get together to put together a memorable, personalized gift for one among them for a special occassion. Serious effort is pitched in by people to get this going...Isnt it fascinating?
In my country and culture, we have long forgotten the warmth associated to personalized things. We are caught by the retail bug. A gift can be something as impersonal as a gift voucher from some big store, or something off the shelf which a million others can also buy...
In Germany, these friends have a lot of fun putting together such personalized gifts. They are run like 'projects'...with clear roles, responsibilities etc. Not only does it bring together the set of friends, it also makes the gift so special for the receipient.
Again, something I'd like to imbibe :)
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