Sappy gifts are always good gifts. That is a neat story. I got a few tears this year when I made some pens from trees I cut up for people after Hurricane Ivan. I gave a set to my sis-in-law and husband from a beautiful Magnolia that blew on their house. This was a very emotional Christmas for them and many others in NW Florida, they still have plastic tarps covering holes in the roof and the whole end of the house. Hard to get excited about Christmas when the wind wistles through the house all the time, and it is getting cold (even for Florida). Just not enough contractors to get the work done. I also made some for several other people in similar situations around them. Visiting them and giving them those pens really made me appreciate what I have to be thankful for, and only 100 miles away.