Great Gift ideas for a bar / bat mitzvah – T minus 6

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I really don?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t have great gift ideas. I came up with that title so that people who were googling around looking might stumble upon the blog (hey ?¢‚Ǩ‚Äú at least I?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢m honest).

First off, the gift of choice for most is cash. It?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s simple, easy and travels well. How much to give? Jews have a rule ?¢‚Ǩ‚Äú the amount should be in multiples of 18 divided by the square root of 4 minus the number of years since you?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢ve been potty trained plus the number of years you?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢ve been nagging your parents to get a dog. If that is too complicated, just go with the multiple of $18. The number 18 means ?¢‚Ǩ?ìchai.?¢‚Ǩ¬ù Not the Starbucks latte. Hebrew for ?¢‚Ǩ?ìlife.?¢‚Ǩ¬ù

Not everyone likes to give cash. Impersonal they think. Our son Ben couldn?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t agree more. He would prefer neither cash nor gift certificates. He wants to know that people actually thought about him and just the right gift for him. Something special. Something personal. He wants to know that some thought was really given to what he would like.

As long as those thoughts tie into his interests and needs.

And so being the kind soul that he is, he spent hours the other day crafting a word document that takes you through gift ideas step by step. He loves to play Magic: The Gathering and so he listed about 2 dozen cards he needs. He is thoughtful, listing the website address, instructions on how to search for the cards. He even suggests that thoughtful gift-givers have the cards sent directly to his home address. He also encourages gift givers to check back with him to let him know what purchase they made so he can coordinate to avoid duplicates.

He allows for the maximum in creativity, huh?

After Magic cards, he moved on to video games. I don?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t know about you but when I read these titles, I think Jewish adult. Here are a few samples.

- Smackdown vs. Raw 2008
- Def Jam Vendetta Fight for NY
- Pimp My Ride
- Celebrity Death Match
- Blow the Yarmulke off that Guy?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s Head (ok, I made that one up)

Kit, on the other hand, was not quite as thoughtful. In fact she was not thoughtful at all. She had no thoughts. When prompted for gift ideas, her simple response:
?¢‚Ǩ?ìI have no clue.?¢‚Ǩ¬ù

T minus 6.

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