Berlin Borges (with Carlson): "I remember the first time I went to Disney World. My parents took my two sisters and me when I was seven years old. For me it was very impressive. We had seen Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse and Pluto on TV but it was amazing to see them life size and touch them.
You say 'Wow.' It was like another planet. "
Gary Hess: "My grandson."
Nneka Ukegbu: "At home, in Nigeria, my sister, who was 14, gave me a little carving. It wasn't expensive or elaborate or a glamorous gift, but it had a few words that I remember. It said, 'I care about you.' She gave it to me when I was leaving Nigeria to come to the US, 10 years ago. It's just that she was so young and that she was giving me a parting gift. I've had it with me ever since."
Kirk Talbott: "Our daughters Ava and Elena the last few Christmases have made wonderful calendars with family photos and neat captions, beautifully done, rich memories -- a special gift, far better than any material gift anyone could give me."
Emily Van Loon: "I remember one year Tom gave me a bathroom scale for Christmas, and the whole neighborhood was so outraged that my friends have made themselves Tom's gift consultants. He can't buy any gifts without consulting them. Last year I got a big purse, which was ever so much better than a bathroom scale. It was the combination of the scale and a pocketknife for Valentine's Day, that convinced everybody that he'd gone over the edge."
Sue Katz Miller: "When I was a kid, the most exciting part of getting gifts was during Hanukkah when my mother hid the gifts and we had to find them. Sometimes it was just a roll of lifesavers, but it didn't matter because the joy was in the hunt."
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