Monday, December 2, 2013  Origin-al Christmas  Friends and
family, You may get some strange gifts from the Funnells this
Christmas, but it is for a good reason. In order to explain,
imagine Sarah and I in a Meijer toy aisle, looking at an eye-
catching board game. While Sarah appreciated the cute design on
the box,  I flipped it over and searched for what I knew would
be there: “Made in China”. As cute as the game was, I was not
pleased with it because I knew the smiling face of whoever will
receive that game this year is made possible by a blank,
lifeless face somewhere in Guangzhou operating a printing press
or assembling the pieces. I’m not comfortable giving gifts that
reinforce a way of doing things where one Has because another
Has Not. Sarah and I left that Meijer (without toys) having
decided not to give any gifts this year that we weren't sure
were produced way I’d be comfortable watching. Surely, endless
rows of tables surrounded by Chinese (Indonesian, Bangladeshi,
Vietnamese…) men and women without