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This laser cut Year of the Rat li xi envelope manages to make even the Rat look beautiful, which is impressive design work. Note, this modern red envelope (li xi) can only be used for New Years or new births in the Year of the Rat.  They are available for $7.50 each at DesignNight.

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It is a tradition in some Asian cultures to give children red envelopes filled with money for Lunar New Year. (Some unlucky ones get candy.) Kids treat this red envelope exchange very seriously, so do give well, but not too well as it can be taken as pompous.

It is also common for adults to give and receive red envelopes, but they usually contain only a single dollar. It doesn't mean they're cheap.  

Or broke.

It is a gesture to wish you wealth, luck and prosperity for the new year.

This set of 20 li xi is $1.75.

 

 

 An Elfster's wish list favorite....

Deceptively Delicious is a cookbook written by Jessica Seinfeild (Jerry's wife), and here she shares simple secrets on how to get your kids to eat good food. This book is one of Elfster's wish list favorites. $14.99 at Amazon.

Good Magazine launched last year with the motto "Give a Damn."  The magazine is filled with rich content about matters you may just "give a damn" about. I suppose one can describe it as 'social consciousness with a little gloss.' 

Good does more good by donating 100% of your $20 subscription to a cause of your choice. For $20, I've replaced a few greeting cards with Good as birthday and holiday gifts.  I'm proud to say I've contributed about $160 last year to Teach For America.  As a matter of fact, I was so excited, I somehow managed to subscribe two for myself. (Okay, it was an accident. One intended recipient never did realize they gave me a subscription for their birthday because I filled in my address instead of theirs. Doh!)

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Some rich man is going to buy me this for Christmas. (Hey, a girl can dream, can't she?)

0-60 MPH in less than 4 seconds.
135 MPG equivalent.
100% electric! (2 cents per mile.)

Great news. These are now available in a range of cool colors, including metallic options. So it's $98,000, but can we really put a price on saving Mother Earth? Unfortunately, want it or not, there's a huge wait list. Yeap, one can always dream (sigh)...

More info at TeslaMotors.com