Best Gifts Ever Given

December, 1990

Oh wad some power the giftie gie us," Robert Burns wrote two centuries ago, "to see oursels as others see us!" More important in these fey Nineties is making others see us the way we fancy ourselves. Damn the self-scrutiny; we want shiny stuff—Maserati, Tiffany, Rolex and Ping. But Burns, who in 1792 gave his wife a poem, knew something we've forgotten. The best gifts are personal—they assert the uniqueness of giftie and giftee alike. See for yourself.EveTo: AdamFrom: GodDate: Jan...