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\nFirst, no one knows what I buy myself (except Kris knows this year). [It\u2019s not blue jeans even though when you put the cursor over the picture it says \u201cblue jeans\u201d \u2014 that\u2019s the title of a set of pictures in Kris\u2019 camera.]
\nSecond, here is the bag I have put the gift in.
\nThird, can you guess what it is?
\nFourth, the first person who does guess what I bought will get: a copy of your choice of any book I have written and I\u2019ll buy you the same gift (if you want it, that is).<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For many years now at Christmastime I buy something for myself, wrap it up, and write on it \u201cTo Scot from Scot.\u201d This has become a bit of a tradition around our house. In the past, I\u2019ve bought myself and wrapped up a book, a fountain pen, and one time a pair of slacks. That […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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