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Holidays and Work

With the holiday season approaching I've started thinking about what to get people for gifts, cards that need to be made and sent and any gifts that I might make that need to be started now (like homemade vanilla!).

Do you give gifts to your boss or co-workers? If you do, what do you normally give?

Re: Holidays and Work

  • How do you make homemade vanilla?  My mom would LOVE that!
  • As far as my work goes we usually do a secret Santa thing. I also like to bring in holiday treats throughout the season too. (Brownies, cookies, etc.)
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    How do you make homemade vanilla?  My mom would LOVE that!

    I found a few blog entries on it and I think I like this one the best. I can't remember if it's this one or a different one but they mention buying the vanilla beans off of Amazon.com for a better deal. I think it takes about 9 weeks so you might want to start now.

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  • I dont give gifts to people I work with but I will ussually bake a couple times and bring goodies. I work with alot of guys and they love it.
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  • My team usually makes a collection and then we get the boss a gift certificate. We also have potluck and some years we do a secret santa and exchange gifts at the potluck.
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  • I usually just make a plate of goodies and bring it into people that I'm closer with at work.  My two teaching partners I'll usually give a small gift or coffee gift card.
  • I usually make cookie/candy trays for my team and the office staff as well as neighbors and friends.  I turn into Betty Crocker around Christmas time :)
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  • I am teaching with a different group of ladies this year, so I will probably get my co-teacher a gift because we have really hit things off and she is like a Mom to me.

    I have never been great at the baking thing bc last year only 1 of the 3 cookies/sweets I baked turned out to be edible. I don't know what happened. So I will probably have to start early this year and do a lot of taste testing before I bring any treats into work...lol

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  • I do a combination of everything lol.  We take up a collection for the boss & team leaders, do secret santa & white elephant & I tend to bring in a ton of goodies since I always overestimate what I need. 

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  • Holy cow you are on top of things!  Thanks for freakin' me out about the holidays...jk!
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  • I usually just bake a lot and bring it in all throughout the winter! :)

    We have a huge command potluck for thanksgiving!

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