East Falmouth resident Lyra Maclone has been making Christmas gifts for about four years. She likes to do a wide variety of crafts and finds many ideas and patterns on the Internet. They’ll ask for it every year,” she says. Like Maclone, Swansea resident Stephanie Stroud has been making gifts for years and encourages her four sons, who range in age from 12 to 20, to do the same because she thinks such gifts are more personal. But she also has some nice suggestions for those who don’t know how to knit. Just have a fancy bottle present at the occasion and seal it with wax and put a tag on it identifying the occasion and the date.

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