The Gift Exchange

Blog by Robin Crocker When I think of Thanksgiving I think of pilgrims, cornucopia, and, most importantly, FOOD AND FAMILY! Banquet tables full of yummy food and happy people I love all squeezed together. One of my oldest and best memories is of my grandmother’s country home at Thanksgiving – sweet potatoes, apple crisp, cranberry sauce, [...]

Blog by Linda Wallace One of my favorite things about working at GiftTree is the chance to get the first peek at our ever-changing array of amazing gifts. This one hits near the top of the list for sheer elegance and style. This gift is new this season, and is so incredibly beautiful! It has been featured [...]

As the 11th of November approaches, the thoughts of most Americans turn toward the three-day weekend and the excitements and stresses of the holiday season to come. We are fortunate to live in such a society, where the worry about armed conflict is completely eclipsed the comforts of pumpkin spice lattes and an anxiety about [...]

Blog by Linda Wallace We all know Thanksgiving is coming up, and it is certainly November’s most well-known holiday, but I found a whole lot of other (and sometimes downright bizarre) reasons to celebrate in November! Nov. 1st: All Saints’ Day (formerly All Hallows Day) Nov. 2nd: All Souls Day.. It is known in Mexico as el Día [...]

Blog by Kirian McClure The children were restless and their breaths quick in the chilly night air as they approached the long winding driveway that snaked around and up the hill. The dark seemed to swallow it up after only a few feet and they looked back and forth, meeting each others eye’s with a nervous [...]

Blog by Grace McKnight Halloween has never really been that big of a deal for me, I don’t really like to dress up, besides I cannot stomach paying $60.00 for a costume that looks like I made it myself. I hate handing candy out, either I don’t buy enough or I buy WAY too much and [...]

Blog by Stacey Keller Growing up, there was one family tradition which meant the world to me: Our annual trip to the Sauvie’s Island Pumpkin Patch. The annual Pumpkin Patch trip was not just a blip on the annual radar, but instead the grand highlight of the autumn. All year long I would look forward to [...]

Blog by Robin Crocker On a dark and stormy Friday night in rural New England, right around the end of October, the two teenaged brothers John and Bryan King were out driving around looking for an entertaining start to their weekend. As they drove through the rain, their path stretched into the countryside, and suddenly, after [...]

Blog by Robin Crocker It’s Halloween time and we all participate in some pretty kooky traditions. Ever wondered where the tradition of Jack-o-Lanterns started? Where did we ever get the silly idea to put candles in a pumpkin?? Well, it turns out that back in the 1800s, in the land of our forefathers (England, Ireland, Scotland) [...]

Halloween is by far my favorite holiday. Carving pumpkins, dressing up, watching scary movies, I love it all! Once October 1st rolls around, I am dragging out the Halloween decorations and tuning into my favorite Halloween station on Pandora. Around mid-October, my house is covered in hanging bats, grinning pumpkins, and hairy spiders. This year I [...]