Last year, I was a little caught off guard when some of my clients (of which at the time I only had a few) gave me a thoughtful Christmas gift or two, so this year I came prepared, pretty much having a gift ready for anyone I thought would likely be giving me something (in some cases when I wasn't sure, I corrected the mistake by giving them a gift, placing it in their mailbox). These gifts all took the form of either a CD, sheet music, instrument-related literature, or gift certificates to Best Buy, usually chosen to best fit the student's interests and needs.
The gifts I got this year varied pretty widely: I received a couple different kinds of candy and baked cookies, gift certificates to restaurants and clothing stores, and a coffee-table book covering the history of rock guitarists. My most unexpected gift however (from three or four of my clients) took the form of a sort of Christmas bonus in cash, and although this was the least "thoughtful", it was generally the most useful, as a number of my clients have had to drop lessons for at least a week during the holidays, as I've discussed at length before (therefore, the bonus actually ended up just balancing things out, which was nice).
Overall, my clients were all really kind to think of me for Christmas and to be so generous with their gifts. I now feel a little bad for all my complaining about the lack of work during the holidays, but keeping it real, even the bonuses don't completely make up for all that, despite the good intentions behind them. Still, it was certainly a very pleasantly surprising week to be working. Looking forward to next Christmas' bonuses already... =)
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