Le Occasioni What to send, and what to write
20 situations where a food gift is the right answer and most people freeze anyway. What is appropriate, what to send at three budgets, when it has to land, and 240 lines you can borrow for the card.
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Sending Something After a Death What food does that flowers don't, what to write when you don't know the family well, and when in the first month it should arrive. The Hostess Gift What to hand someone at the door without creating work for them in the next ten seconds. Thanking a Client The $25 rule, why December is the worst month to send, and how to make one box cover an entire office. Retirement Why the plaque is not the gift, what the first empty Monday feels like, and how to time something for week three. Get Well Surgery, a long diagnosis, and a bad flu are three different gifts. How to tell which one you are sending. Housewarming The difference between a first-apartment housewarming and a fourth house, and why nothing decorative is safe. A Gift for Your Boss Why gifts point downward, the one situation where upward is fine, and how to avoid looking like you want something. For a Nurse or a Caregiver Hospital gift rules, why the break room is the target, and the family caregiver everybody forgets to thank. The Friend Three Time Zones Away What to send when there is no occasion, why the no-occasion delivery outperforms the birthday one, and how to keep it from becoming a chore. The End of a Dinner Party The course that keeps people at the table, why you should not bake it, and what to do when you are asked to bring dessert. Feeding a Whole Team Headcount math, the hybrid-schedule problem, and why one box beats twenty small ones. Graduation High school, college, and a nursing degree at 41 are three different gifts. Plus what to send to a dorm and what not to. A New Job Week one versus week six, what to send when the new job followed a layoff, and how to congratulate without prying. When You Owe an Apology Why a gift cannot carry an apology, what has to come first, and the narrow case where sending something helps. No Occasion At All The single most effective gift there is, and the reason almost nobody sends it. Solo le righe If you have the gift and only need the words, the card lines live on their own pages — 240 of them across 20 occasions, free to print.
