Jeanette Winterson

gifts — that strange word, a signifier meaning disappointment you can hold in your hands.

gifts — that strange word, a signifier meaning disappointment you can hold in your hands.

– Jeanette Winterson –

Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days

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You don’t wear jewelry, do you? Besides your wedding ring, I mean?”Now often. If is not that I disapprove. I simply don’t take the time to bother with it. I’ve been given a few trinkets over the years, but rarely wear them.’ Thora looked down at her hand, the plain thin wedding band, the unadorned wrist, and a memory struck her. She said, ‘Frank gave me a gift once – a find gold bracelet with a blue enamel heart dangling from it. He said it was to remind me that I was more than his helpmeet and housekeeper, but also an attractive woman. I was sure I’d break the delicate chain, and the heart clacked against the desk whenever I wrote in the ledger. So I put it back in its box, and there it has remained ever since.’Nan said gently, ‘We’ve all been given gifts, Thors, and ought not to hide them away. They remind us that we are blessed and loved. They give pleasure to those who see them – especially to the one who bestowed the gift in the first place.

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