Natasha wrote:
<DIV>Those are good for those "hard to shop for" people or for those "too picky" people. Ugh, I can't stand people who are picky about the gifts they get. It's difficult to buy for them and if you do get them something they just complain it anyway. I have a few little ones in my family like that, so for them I give gift cards. I got tired of putting so much thought, consideration and money into their gifts just so they can bitch about it later. Odd thing is their parents are cool with this behavior. The parents say, the kids are just being honest. I decided this year I would go back to buying an actual gift for those kids and the dad flipped out over it. He went on about his kids prefer the gift cards or actual money so they can buy whatever THEY want and not put up with what someone INSISTS on THEM having. I told him it was too late cause I already bought the gifts, had them wrapped and the gifts were under the tree. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>When did Christmas become just about the gift?</DIV>
I completely agree with you Natasha. Its about the giving.. not what they want. You try your best to get them something they would like.
For that I would go out of my way to get them something... interesting.
I bought one of my relatives that always complained, and TOLD me when he returned my crummy gift, a bag of charcoal in front of the family. It was deathly quiet for a bit. His father made the comment to me that it wasnt very nice to do that, I explained in a loud voice so the rest of the family could hear why I did that. My mother was embarrassed, my Dad thought it was priceless. It took a couple of years till the tensions died down. I didnt notice.
