((Better late, I hope, than never? I will backdate this shortly.))
Some gifts are pinpointed, others given in person. Thorn's crowning achievement this year is a work of calligraphy and paint, a sort of modern illuminated manuscript of his own poetry given to Courtney. Djehuty recieves a similar volume, with less art but more poetry.
Courtney's book (Please take a look!)
CoverPage 1Page 2Page 3Page 4Page 5Page 6Page 7Page 8Page 9Page 10Page 11Page 11BPage 11CPage 11D Too unnerved to deliver these in person, Thorn pinpoints one book to Courtney and Djehuty each. Each is neatly wrapped but unlabeled, as he has dedicated them inside the front covers.
A gift certificate for Amazon.com in the amount of $25 dollars, and a reciept for a donation to the food bank in the amount of $50 in Hippolyta Hollister's name are in an envelope slipped under her office door at the pub.
Feeling a bit silly and awkward about it, Thorn makes an offering of eggnog and cookies to Hermes in the woods. It's not terribly traditional, but surely the deity could use some festive variety?
On Christmas morning under the tree are $25 Amazon.com gift certificates for Leela and little Tom, as well as a reciept for a donation in the family name to a food bank, in the amount of $100. He has made them each a small clay sculpture, Leela's of a wolf, Tom's of a serpentine dragon. There is an additional gift for Tom, not to be opened until his birthday, which contains three tickets to a small zoo, redeemable on any date in the year 2008.