If I remember...

...one Christmas present from this past holiday it will be the red cashmere robe my mother made for Lily by carefully making a pattern and cutting pieces from an old robe of my grandmother's that was riddled with moth holes. You see, my mother always wears a robe when she gets up, and Lily has put on her terry-cloth bathrobe many times in the morning to "look like Sands," whether my mom is around or not. So the robe itself was a thoughtful gift, but the fact that it was made by hand from a formerly beloved robe of my grandmother's that I remember her wearing--well, enough said. That's all.