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CathyA
12-26-13, 9:54pm
Its on PBS in about 5 minutes. Should be interesting.
Simply Divine
12-27-13, 1:02am
Its on PBS in about 5 minutes. Should be interesting.

I don't think it shows in my area. :(
Tussiemussies
12-27-13, 1:20am
Would imagine it is hard to do unless you make homemade gifts with materials from here in the US. One store I liked because they touted in the past, I believe, made in the USA -- Woolrich -- now this year had very little items that were so.
CathyA
12-27-13, 8:58am
Well, its best you didn't see it. It wasn't what I thought it was going to be. It ended up being more like a young Chinese student's home-made movie. He lives in the U.S. with his Chinese immigrant parents. I wasn't quite sure what his point was.
Miss Cellane
12-27-13, 9:58am
Would imagine it is hard to do unless you make homemade gifts with materials from here in the US. One store I liked because they touted in the past, I believe, made in the USA -- Woolrich -- now this year had very little items that were so.

On that note, my brother has found a store where almost sold is made in New England. So, except for a Wall Drug mug that he picked up on his latest round of camping across the country, he gave us all only New England made Christmas gifts. Lots of maple syrup! Yummy!
CathyA
12-27-13, 2:00pm
That's neat Miss Cellane!
redfox
12-27-13, 2:03pm
We were very successful in having a holiday celebration without China. Each young adult received one gift from me & one from their Dad. Mine were from local merchants. Their Dad's was a Kickstarter.

Then we we went to a play, and had dinner here: http://tomdouglas.com/index.php?page=serious-pie

Simple, elegant, fun, and an entire day enjoying each other's company.
Simply Divine
12-27-13, 9:51pm
Well, its best you didn't see it. It wasn't what I thought it was going to be. It ended up being more like a young Chinese student's home-made movie. He lives in the U.S. with his Chinese immigrant parents. I wasn't quite sure what his point was.

Interesting, though not what I was expecting.
Yarrow
12-29-13, 1:50am
I shopped for Christmas presents at all local merchants, small family owned businesses.....and I found that 99 percent of the items they sold in their lovely stores were made in China. What a disappointment! :(