Scanning Around With Gene: Boxes of Boxes of Boxes

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There were boxes that contained handkerchiefs, wallets, men’s ties, fine and not-so-fine note paper, and quite a few of those flat boxes nylon stockings once came in. I could almost picture these boxes wrapped under the Christmas tree.

I don’t know if the recipients of these gifts appreciated them. I mean, does anyone really like eating dates?

When I gave gifts of this sort, most were received with graciousness. But I did have one grandmother who refused to open her presents because, as she so honestly projected, “What’s inside can’t possibly be as nice as the wrapping.”