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Katherine A
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 Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 9:28 pm Post subject: am i being mean or am i right?? |
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| am i the only one who thinks we are gift crazy in this country. its so dumb! when its my bday my friends get me a gift card then i do the same for theirs! whats the point, it cancels each other out! when we were in college we agreed no gifts, lets all just go and enjoy a dinner and each others company. along the way we started buying gifts. it just happened!!! i tell my friend please dont buy me christmas presents! christmas is for children! i love to see kids opening gifts on christmas morning, i love buying a gift for someone when u find something u know they will just love, and i treasure gifts i have reiceved that were thoughtful. but people buy any old hat and gloves just to give something!? i would rather they jst kept their $15. its a waste! i dont need anymore stuff i dont want in my house! like i said a great gift if wonderful to give or recieve that is the tru meaning of gift giving, but when i comes to all this forst crap people buy just for the sake? |
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tokugawa26
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| Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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| A gift comes from the heart. |
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JENN
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| Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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| You are soooooooo right!!! I feel the same way and its not being mean. I have better things to do then to waste my time and money and nothing. |
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pdevans1963@rogers.com
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| Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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| it is the thought that counts, you dont even seem to put much into it except for echoing or regifting the gift that someone else got you.you can always suggest going out on the town on your respective birthdays and the birthday girl drinks for free. that way you get what you really want from your friend. time together |
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lunchbox
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| Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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| You know, if you don't buy someone a gift for their birthday, they probably won't get you one for yours either. So there's your solution.I generally find giving and receiving gifts to be enjoyable. |
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Chuck P
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| Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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| That's because it's all about consumerism in this country, people forgot how to communicate with love for each other. They now try and out purchase each other. Holidays were about being with family and friends and celebrating our heavenly Father, now it's about the newest electronic device that comes out no matter how useless it is. We've lost touch with ourselves and that's not a good thing. |
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Jennifer
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| Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 10:27 pm Post subject: |
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| I agree 100% with everything you said. |
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butafly
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| Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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| There was a time, when Christmas was about Christianity, family's used to go to the church for the late night service on Christmas Eve, to see the choir sing and to celebrate together. adjoined with much time spent together decorating and eating and baking together with dinner parties etc... and now i call it Santa holiday because the warmth is no longer in it. Corporations have made it a consumer holiday and we have all bought in and with the added fact that it is now not politically correct to call it Christmas holidays but winter break we have all somehow lost the true meaning behind these special occasions rather than letting it remain a time to bring us all together and enjoy friends and family. I really think things would be alot different and better if we could just get past buying things as an expression of love and start showing it. |
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nikita
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| Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 2:49 am Post subject: |
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| I agree with you 100%. |
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oniyaajila
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| Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 6:35 am Post subject: |
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| It sounds like you tried to avoid the problem ("Let's all go and enjoy dinner" is a perfectly nice way of celebrating.) but your friends haven't quite gotten to the point of understanding that. It also sounds like the gift cards that are being exchanged are from fairly generic places (you mentioned hats and gloves).So it sounds like you have two problems: 1) Your friends feel awkward about *not* giving gifts, and 2) nobody seems to know what other people would *want*. Many websites now offer wishlists. Suggest using them. Alternatively, get gift cards at more specialized places. If a friend likes reading, get them a card from a book store. If they like scrapbooking or some other craft, get them a card from a craft store.It doesn't eliminate problem #1, but it might help with not having "stuff [you] don't want in [your] house." |
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