Still Holiday Not-Shopping

This week’s Sunday paper included fully half as many ad supplements as the Thanksgiving Day behemoth. As I’ve said, I’ve already not bought everything I don’t need for the holidays. In fact, I was completely done not shopping a week ago. So I didn’t read any of them except, of course, the Target one. I’m still concerned about that little dog with the red circles around his eye. Is that stage makeup? Grease paint? I hope it’s nontoxic and hypoallergenic.

            Most of the slick supplements that show up with my paper are big box fliers, ads from national chains and department stores, stuffers that might just as likely be included in your Miami Herald, Minneapolis Sun or LA Times. My sister in North Carolina gets all of these with her paper, too, but she also received a catalog from a fancy food emporium near where she lives.

I know this store, and I’m pretty sure that its holiday selection includes a lot of fruit baskets, wine and/or cheese assortments, weighty pastries that no one would consider giving or eating any other time of the year, and possibly a sausage-of-the-month club. But I’m only guessing.

There was just one item that my sister considered noteworthy enough to share with me via email. It’s a butter sculpture of a Christmas tree, made of  (quoting here) “Certified AA kosher butter.” A Christmas tree made of kosher butter. Are we the only ones who find that a mite humorous?

A kosher butter Christmas tree. Really. Of course, it’s strictly a gift item. There are some things no one would ever buy for herself. I’m going to have to talk to my sister about this. Maybe we’ll both order it . . . and give it to each other.