“What can I give him?” is a question repeated in the final lines of Christina Rosetti’s famous Christmas carol, In the Bleak Midwinter. And it is a question asked – albeit in a very different kind of context – by those who care about the arts in their community. As we approach the festive season, the question “what can I give?” takes on special meaning and invites us to consider what giving has meant for the Kawartha Art Gallery over the past half century.