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Originally Posted by Psycho_Laughs
i don't usually give gifts.
i find the consumerism offensive.
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I choose to partake in giving gifts because, frankly, it's human nature.... We spent the summer being wowwed by the things people can do, and we spend the next six months gathering ourselves together so that we can show people what we've been working on... That's _why_ there's so many gift-giving holidays kicking around the middle of the winter... We're all holed up... we need something to do to keep ourselves active, so we hit this period where we think it's appropriate to exchange gifts.
You don't like the consumerism? Then don't buy anything. Gifts are supposed to come from you, right? Not Wal-Mart.... I don't mind picking gifts for people, be it movies or music or whatever... I'm not a very tactile person and so I rather focus my energies on finding something I _know_ the person will like. I don't know if I really get it right all the time, but last Winter I got leg humps from all my close friends because of what I got them... And that kind of gratitude is all the reason I need to get into the spirit of things.