Gift giving in it's most pure form is when someone gets you something that you want but that you have just barely ever said out loud but more likely just mumbled to yourself.
This gift showed up in the mail on Christmas Eve from a friend.
I want to be the kind of person that gives those kinds of gifts! I think the secret is notes and lists. Lots of notes. Like the dentist office does where they remember to ask you about the vacation you took. Your friend mentions this or that over dinner.... You go home and write it down!!!
2013: Write everything down.