Jose Criespo, 10, receiving a gift from the relief group Secret Sandy at a holiday party on December 23, 2012.
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'Tis the season for gift giving, and The Takeaway asked you -- our listeners -- to tell us about the most meaningful present you ever received.
For a listener from Lubbock, Texas, the best gift he's ever received was "a rock." He continues, "My girlfriend was scuba diving and picked it up from the bottom of the ocean. It meant that, even when she was in another world, she was thinking of me."
Maggie, a listener from Miami, called to tell us about a gift her parents gave her. "My parents had me believe that loans were my only way through university," she explains, "so I worked as hard as I could for scholarships. They surprised me with an account on my high school graduation. Pre-paid scholarships helped me get through college without having to take out a single loan."
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Although most comments today are about Christmas presents, I thought I would share what our family has done in the past few years on Chanuka. My four kids are all young adults and teens and we stopped giving material gifts some time ago. Thank G-d, they all have what they need and more. Instead, I ask each of them to tell me which charity they would like us to write a check to. I should add that during the rest of the year everyone gives their pocket change on a Friday evening before we light the Sabbath candles. Each has their own box or receptacle. Twice during the year, before Passover and before Rosh HaShanah, we pool the boxes and divide them up among a few charities which they help to choose. We hope they will learn to be good givers rather than takers when they grow up.
My favorite gift? Rosebud!
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