Subversive gift-giving
Last year I bought a subscription to Tabletalk for my mom and step-dad for their Christmas present. Mom loves it and a couple of times she has called me to talk about something she read there.

Last month, one of the adult Sunday School teachers at her Methodist church was unable to teach, so Mom took his class for the whole month and that month's Tabletalk for her lessons!

When we were there for Thanksgiving, I asked if she wanted me to renew it for her, and she told me she had already bought a 3 year subscription for herself!