Well it might have been the hardback copy of Folk and Blues, The Encyclopedia, with it's wonderful bios of all the great artists we love to talk about here,(and some we don't), or the Vanguard CD of Mississippi John Hurt, or the nice Irish tam my mother-in-law had sent from Ireland, but I was given a much better gift on Christmas night. My sister was passing out some candy from a box, and her husband took a few pieces. Next thing, he was on his feet and turning purple and gasping for air, choking. I got up and had my arms around his waist from behind to administer the Heimlich Manuever, and I was scared because he is a big guy with some girth to him and I wasn't sure I could push hard enough to dislodge it. Luckily, before I squeezed him, he managed to free it up himself and was fine in a minute or two.
Minute to minute, we just never know do we?

Clifton