….We Shouldn’t Exchange Xmas Gifts
1. You never really get what you want but you still have to go through the motions of appreciation. How many times have you heard the following: “Oh, I just love it”, or “It’s exactly what I wanted”, or “How did you know?” If you say it enough times, it’s actually comes across as believable.
2. There’s far too much work involved. Unless you do all of your shopping online, you’ve got to hit the stores, which takes times, effort and energy. Unfortunately, there’s little return on this investment when reason #1 is taken into consideration.
3. People are better off buying things for themselves if you want to get the perfect gift. The alternative, I guess, is telling someone exactly what you want. That person then buys what you’ve told them, which guarantees your response “It’s exactly what I wanted” rings true.
4. Buying gifts is all about commercialism and has little to do with celebrating the holidays or letting people how much you love and appreciate them. If you really want to give someone a gift AND show them how much you care, make one yourself rather than buying it.
5. Debt. Most people spend far too money on gifts, which means their credit card bills are enormous when they arrive in the mail next month.
More: According to Visa, Canadians are expected to spend $23-billion on gifts this year, or $1,061/person. This is a 14% increase from last year, and the highest personal spend since Visa started its survey of holiday sales nine years ago. In the U.S., meanwhile, the National Retail Federation expects sales to climb just 4% in November and December, the slowest growth since 2002
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