Fishy 

 Gifts for 

 Christmas 



By Kathy Hart • Photographs by Scott D. Taylor 



1 is the week before Christmas, I'm awake in my bed 

 While visions of unfilled boxes dance in my head. 



1 here's Amanda in Charlotte, John in Manteo 

 Who expect gifts of high quality delivered pronto. 

 When what to my bleary eyes should appear 

 But a list of gift ideas that I could hold dear. 

 There's a squeezer, zester, knife and pot — 

 Kitchen utensils that don't cost a lot. 

 I hop in the car, put my foot to the gas 

 I'm off to the store in a holiday blast. 

 And you'll hear me exclaim as I drive out of sight 

 Merry Christmas to all and to all a good bite. 



C^hristmas is only weeks away, and the anxiety 

 of the rushed holiday season has set in — gifts to buy, 

 stockings to hang and parties to attend. You're wracking 

 your brain for unique gift ideas that will please others 

 without emptying your wallet. 



How about kitchen gadgets or cookware, particularly 

 those that make the fisher's catch a little tastier or easier 



Continued 



COASTWATCH 



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