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The joy (for many of us) of spending time with family exponentially increases during the Christmas holidays. We gather together, feast, chat, laugh, and get tipsy while listening to our favorite jams. Christmas lights, décor, and everything in between warms my heart to the max. I’m a Christmas sucker and will never apologize.
One morning, as I was doing my usual Christmas shopping, a strange new thought crossed my mind. I felt a bit unusual even thinking about this, but I continued pondering on the question as I waited outside Kendra Scott with the rest of the Clear Lake community.
Why do we gift?
Why do we spend hours and hours making lists of all family members, neighbors, co-workers, helpers, friends, heck the mailman with the nice smile? Why do people buy extravagant gifts on credit? Why do we gift random merchandise made from India and China? Why do we go into so much debt gifting to people we are sometimes not fond of? Why on this specific day of the year?
All of these questions were spinning in my mind as I continued with gift #46 on my list. I started to feel a little guilty just thinking these awful negative thoughts. However, I continued on my shopping spree for days to come, paying careful attention to “gifting” behaviors at home and work. Here are some of my findings:
- different budgets depending on how much the receiving person is “liked”
- gifting only if the potential receiver has gifted before
