# Brilliant gifts in the style of Leslie Knope

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 13, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brilliant-gifts-in-the-style-of-leslie-knope/606052 "2011-12-13T17:47:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![ladyhaha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/71c47a/32.png) [@ladyhaha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyhaha)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brilliant-gifts-in-the-style-of-leslie-knope/606052/1 "2011-12-13T17:47:22Z")

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I think I’m going to take my gifting cues this year from Parks and Rec’s Leslie Knope. [Recap from last week.](http://smallscreenscoop.com/recap-parks-and-recreation-christmas-gifts-from-leslie-knope/320311/)

She’s just really clever - have you ever done something similar? Any ideas for a guy I just barely started dating? I’ve known him for years, but I feel like something brilliant will really help seal the deal 🙂

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**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brilliant-gifts-in-the-style-of-leslie-knope/606052/2 "2011-12-13T18:01:06Z")

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Not the gift, but one year for my Dad I got a Christmas card in a language I didn’t recognize (Croatian maybe?) and customized a funny translation about the horrific year he’d had.

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brilliant-gifts-in-the-style-of-leslie-knope/606052/3 "2011-12-13T18:03:25Z")

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I did one this year. My sister tweeted something @andersoncooper and he Retweeted it with a “Thanks” attached to it. I printed out the Retweet from him (along with the another Tweet from him so her tweet made sense) and framed it.  
[![](https://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f44/JoeyJoeyPP/ACcopy.jpg) ](https://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f44/JoeyJoeyPP/ACcopy.jpg)