Australian Women’s Weekly NZ

Hatching a gift plan

Do we really need Christmas presents at our age? Is there anything we really want in our mid-50s? Should we just stop accepting presents and be done with it?

These are questions I have been asking myself in the lead-up to Christmas, during a series of introspective sessions in the garden. When I garden, I do a lot of thinking, and the whole Christmas gifts question came up during a

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