Gift Giving
Lauren smith has a point, holiday’s
aren’t materialistic because everyone has the choice to give rather than to
receive just for the pleasure of it and to show how appreciated they are to
have a special loved one in their lifes. I myself like to gift rather than to
receive mainly because I like to see a smile on a person’s face when they
receive the gift they’ve been wanting, like a game, or a sweater. It’s not that
I don’t like to receive gifts from anyone because I’m delicate, but I feel more
happy when I make someone’s day and I take pride in what I do for others.
The way we gift gifts in my family
is either, white elephant were you exchange gifts and “steal” them of the other
person until you get what you want, and that’s done with a budget, for example
the gift can’t be more than thirty dollars. Another thing we like to do is
gather with the entire family and we all watch the movie of when Jesus Christ
was born until midnight, and then were allow to open gifts and share with
everyone what we got. We tend to get impatient some years so we shave a few
hours and end up opening them earlier.
Holidays to me aren’t materialistic,
I like to see is as day where I get to see family that I haven’t seen in a long
time to talk and catch up about memories we’ve shared and anything new going on
with us. Everyone has their own opinion, but as far as I know, gift giving is a
way to show your appreciation to someone and at the same time you can have the
pleasure of making someone’s day.
i like your idea that the gift can not be more than a certain amount of money. only because you know what to expect, you get what you pay for nothing more than that. if you get a $80 gift and only give a $15 gift everyone knows you're cheap essentially.
ReplyDeleteI don't like receiving gifts much either. All the money they were planning to spend on me, I tell them to spend it on my dog.
ReplyDeleteThat is nice that you prefer to give gifts than receive. Im sure the smiles on their faces are always so priceless.
ReplyDeleteI really like the idea of gift sharing or secret Santa. Its the experience, the time and the enjoying the time with those who gave the time and money to get you a gift.
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