really bad xmas gifts...

[stan4]

I would like some seriously professional kitchen knives. I don't think there's anything wrong with a practical gift as we get older...as long as it's thoughtful and your partner is psychic enough to tell what will please and what will offend you...

[cpg35223]

My brother, the millionaire who always is flying to some exotic locale to play golf, is the world's worst gift giver.

In our family, we all draw names so we're not all combing the malls for days buying gifts for everybody. Instead, each person is supposed to get a nice gift that involves some degree of thought. Pretty sensible, wouldn't you agree?

Well, seven years ago, my brother drew my name and gave me a old kitchen scale. Mind you, it wasn't really an antique or anything. It was just an old kitchen scale. Three years ago, he gave me a ceramic piggy bank and left the $16 price tag on it. Last year, he gave my nephew a used paperback book.

Don't get me wrong. I don't want or need an expensive gift. But if you're going to give me something, at least give me something that might speak to who I am--not some random thing plucked off a shelf.

[Rcm58]

A gift without thought is a bad gift. I once received a book of matches someone bought for me off ebay from Mini Pearls Chicken that knew it was a memory from my childhood. It probably set them back $5 but it meant a lot that they put that much thought into it and I still have them.

[Whyte Byrd]

Originally Posted by Rcm58

A gift without thought is a bad gift. I once received a book of matches someone bought for me off ebay from Mini Pearls Chicken that knew it was a memory from my childhood. It probably set them back $5 but it meant a lot that they put that much thought into it and I still have them.

That's the kind of thought I try to put into gift giving. It's the little intimate details I know about a person I draw off to do that. I know I don't always hit my mark, especially with certain people, but I do try.