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’Tis once again the season to make good on the annual tradition of exchanging holiday gifts. But the Texanist knows that purchasing the perfect present sometimes requires more persistence than we can muster . . . and then the whole exercise turns daunting. And yet, the Texanist finds that the two-way sense of satisfaction that comes with good gift-giving (and good gift-receiving) almost always, in the end, makes it a worthwhile endeavor. At the heart of such expressions of generosity is, typically, friendship, and since the official motto here in Texas is—that’s right—“friendship,” the Texanist figures there’s no better way in the world to demonstrate real-deal Texas-style amity than with a gift whose contours replicate, in an actual physical sense, those of the beautiful Lone Star State. Ever since…

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