Creative gifts
With the holidays coming up, we asked our teen staff for their ideas of things you can make on a budget that show you care.
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MIX CD
Since it will soon be Christmas, I decided to make my dad a mix CD. My dad is a major music snob who blasts KCRW (a public radio station that plays indie music) in his car, while I listen to Top 40 radio. I wanted my dad to feel comforted by familiar songs but also surprised by new music that he hasn’t heard. So near the end I added “Loud Pipes” by Ratatat and “Sex on Fire” by Kings of Leon, songs with a strong beat that are on the edge of his musical taste.
—Jasper Nahid, 15, New Roads School (Santa Monica)
Since it will soon be Christmas, I decided to make my dad a mix CD. My dad is a major music snob who blasts KCRW (a public radio station that plays indie music) in his car, while I listen to Top 40 radio. I wanted my dad to feel comforted by familiar songs but also surprised by new music that he hasn’t heard. So near the end I added “Loud Pipes” by Ratatat and “Sex on Fire” by Kings of Leon, songs with a strong beat that are on the edge of his musical taste.
—Jasper Nahid, 15, New Roads School (Santa Monica)
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