No matter what the results of the homemade gift look like, remember it's the thought that counts.

不论自制礼物的结果看起来像什么，心意才是重要。

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If you receive a homemade gift, you are lucky. It may not be made perfect, but it shows a lot of love.

假如你得到一件自制的礼物，你是幸运的，它可能制作的并不完美！

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Making something by hand has become the exception in many countries today - so much so that giving a homemade gift is sometimes considered extraordinary.

当今用手做东西，在许多国家已经成为很特殊——如此地特殊，以致赠送自制礼物有时被认为是不寻常的。

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It all started so innocently with one small gift of homemade cookies that your neighbors reciprocated with a very fancy bottle of wine, which made you want to buy something even nicer the next year to thank them for that bottle of wine, which they returned with a gift certificate for a swanky restaurant in town.

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Remember, this homemade-as-a-gift trend predated the cupcake and cake pop explosions.

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Unfortunately, this will never go back to just gifting each other with homemade cookies, but you can give yourself some financial relief by giving the same gift you gave last year.

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