Other than the person who is refusing to follow through.... I'm willing to cut a lot of slack for late arriving gifts and acknowledgements (and I have a Dec 24th birthday too). I generally have at least one gift get to its recipient late. This year is no exception...definitely not my fault this time, but I will admit to being in previous years preoccupied and procrastinating.

People travel, people have houses full of family, people get sick, stuff comes late in the mail, shippers mess things up...etc.

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