Hope Chest for Christmas??

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Registered: 10-24-2006
Hope Chest for Christmas??
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Mon, 12-03-2007 - 12:37pm
I've been trying to come up with a special Christmas gift for my dd(16).
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Registered: 03-06-2006
Mon, 12-03-2007 - 1:13pm

I personally think that is a lovely idea.

 

 

 

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Mon, 12-03-2007 - 2:22pm
I didn't know that people still got hope chests.
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Registered: 07-19-2003
Mon, 12-03-2007 - 3:27pm

I think what would be problematic for my dd vis a vis a hope chest would be that a hope chest has

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Mon, 12-03-2007 - 4:33pm

Personally, I love the idea of a hope chest. I didn't have an actual chest, but I did have a drawer that I put things into that I wanted to have for the future. And it doesn't have to wait until she is married ,just for whenever she needs these things. I gave my one niece a set of everyday silverware and a few other things that she put away for the future. She loved the idea.


When your dd has a place of her own, whether it is with someone else or by herself there will be so much to buy, why not give her things now that will help her later. Like I said, I love the idea and actually have been thinking about starting something for Kelsie like this.


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Mon, 12-03-2007 - 10:47pm

My mom bought my hope chest for me when I was probably 14-15.

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Mon, 12-03-2007 - 10:53pm
Beautifully said Mitzi!
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Registered: 12-24-2006
Mon, 12-03-2007 - 11:40pm

I love hope chests, but wouldn't have so much when I was young.

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Tue, 12-04-2007 - 7:31am

I feel pretty silly now, I had no idea a hope chest was traditionally tied to marriage and/or dowry.

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Registered: 10-31-2007
Tue, 12-04-2007 - 1:43pm

I really like it, you and you alone know your dd. I think IMHO some people are reading way too much into what it's "suppose" to represent. I have an assortment of pic's crystal all stuff that was my mothers i got after she passed away,or things she bought for me that i will