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Sometimes, it’s all about the gifts.

December 31, 2006

I dislike shopping for Christmas gifts because, despite my best efforts, it always feels like a rushed, insincere, commercially generated obligation. Often, the difficulty comes from trying to buy for someone who has everything. That’s pretty much both sides of our family. For the most part, buying for our my family is like buying for Donald Trump. Do you think the guy has a use for a $25 gift card to, well, anywhere?

We don’t spend a lot of money, but instead try very hard to find gifts that are meaningful. Sometimes that means I make the gifts myself. Sometimes that means we find something unique. I’d rate this year a 7 out of 10 for getting it right. Not too shabby.

The big exception to the “have-everythings” is my boys. Although I’ve never felt the need to keep up with the Jones’, I have at times wondered if my kids are viewed as the poor kids on the block. I just know that some of their friends were swimming in gifts on Christmas day. And, like every year, I felt a little bad when I realized the gifts under our tree didn’t flood our living room floor like they did when I was a kid. Finding gifts for them is very easy. Finding the right gifts takes a little more effort. It didn’t help that some people stole my best ideas.

We got each of the boys four gifts plus two family gifts. Aunts, Uncles, and Grandparents did the rest. The boys ended up with a nice assortment of toys, books, board games, electronic gadgets, educational toys, and other little goodies. And the best part (for me) is that they were delighted with every single gift they got.

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3 Responses to “Sometimes, it’s all about the gifts.”

  1. Oz Says:
    January 1st, 2007 at 10:04 am

    I also try to get the perfect gift for everyone (and not spend too much money) and this year I feel very good about the presents I got. The way I did it was with catalogs. I get a bunch in the mail (like everyone), and I like to look through them, so starting in the fall, I would mark a page here and a page there that seemed like possible gift ideas for one person or another. When I’ve xmas shopped in the past and tried to get everything in one or two big shopping trips, it was impossible to find something special for everyone. But by taking a couple of months and looking through literally 1000s of items in dozens of catalogs (which I enjoy anyway) I really think I got everyone something that they’ll like and is suited to them.

  2. Kerrie Says:
    January 2nd, 2007 at 7:27 am

    I don’t know why I never thought about catalogs. We do a fair amount of internet shopping, but the idea of shopping through catalogs never crossed my mind. I’ll try to give my catalogs more attention next year.

  3. Oz Says:
    January 2nd, 2007 at 3:04 pm

    I did order everything online through the catalog’s website. And another great thing about it was that most of the people I shop for live elsewhere, so I had the presents gift-wrapped and sent directly to the recipient. I was actually done with my shopping–with everything mailed!–about two weeks prior to xmas. I rock. Now you know much more about my holiday shopping than you ever wanted to.

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