You can, however, “re-present” something. “Re-present” (with the accent on the second syllable of “present”) has meant “give back” since at least 1564, the OED says, when it was used this way: “We are ...

I watch her hands as she wraps the gift. They shake. Even as a young girl, I can tell that my mother is upset. “We hardly have the money to purchase gifts for you children this year,” my ...

Presence Is Better Than Presents For The Holidays : Shots - Health News Science says consciously spending time with our loved ones is more important to them than receiving expensive presents.

We just spent a lot of money. Billions. On gifts, trees, cider, and all things Christmas. Do we feel any better? Really? Will you look back on Christmas 2012 as the year where all your dreams came ...

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Who hasn’t watched “A Christmas Story,” that clear-eyed 1983 classic film about a midcentury Midwestern child’s Christmas in wails? That child would be 9-year-old Ralphie, whining and ...

Here are a few reasons why presence is more important in your child's life than the latest and greatest present. Children need your example A child's first school is the home.