Start A Family Tradition (or Buy The Perfect Hostess Gift) with The Box Girls

I don’t know about you, but I’ve always been a sucker for traditions. Whether it’s my grandmother’s peas at Christmas or our weekly family breakfasts at Big Ed’s on Saturday mornings, there is something comforting in the anticipation and realization of those special times. If you like a good family tradition, or if you’d like to create a new one, The Box Girls’ Box of Questions is for you.

Fueled by six hungry children, two hungry husbands and a dinner that seemed to take forever to arrive, longtime friends Cece Feiler and Heidi Haddad decided to avoid a mealtime disaster and started asking questions that anyone at the table could answer. What sort of questions were the topic of the day? Skipping the fluff of reality TV and celebrity gossip as well as trivial topics of sports and geography, the two friends brought up serious, thought-provoking questions touching on everything from ethics and charity to family and society. The meal and dialogue was a huge success and The Box of Questions was born.

The Box of Questions is really… a box of questions. The attractively packaged box (depending on the version, some are circular, some square, all cute) include 35 questions and additional goodies which are specific to each product. The Christmas Box of Questions includes questions such as ‘Is there an ornament from the Christmas tree that is dear to you?’ and ‘Saint Nicholas, a fourth century Bishop, was known for his generosity in giving to those less fortunate than he. What good deed or act of kindness can you do this Christmas season?’ What you do with the questions and how you play is up to you, although the box includes a few examples of how you might use them. (The primary rule is that there are no right or wrong answers and no time limit.) The Christmas ‘extra goodies’ include 5 blank cards and ribbon that you can use to create your own ornaments or add new questions as you wish.

The Box of Questions is a great gift, it’s a great start-a-tradition item and it’s a great get-back-to-why-we’re-celebrating exercise. Plus, it’s a feel-good purchase knowing that a portion of the proceeds from the sale of each box benefits Women’s Cancer Research Fund. At $19.95 a pop, they’re easy on the pocketbook and long on the memories. Pick up The Christmas Box of Questions, the Hanukkah Box of Questions, the Shabbat Box of Questions, the Thanksgiving Box of Questions (buy it now for next year and save 50% for a limited time only) and the Girlfriends Box of Questions (perfect for a bridal shower, birthdays, or a prelude to a girls night out) at www.theboxgirls.com.