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[quote=Anonymous]I give gifts b/c I want to.  I don't give a lot of gifts (i.e. friends).  I am just not that into receiving things, so it doesn't seem necessary (and it actually seems more wasteful) to give gifts just because it's a holiday and the retailers tell us to buy things.

I like the sentiment of Thanksgiving SO MUCH more than Christmas.  There are a lot less material expectations with Tgiving, and a lot more focus on just eating a meal with family or friends and being happy with what you have.  I wish Christmas was the same, but it has been overrun with retailers trying to get us to focus on what we DON'T have and what we should have and what we should want.  My response to most of that is to not gift outside of my immediate family and sending flowers or wreaths to the parents/in laws.

I do feel some pressure when I receive a gift from a friend at Xmas and I haven't purchased anything for them.  I appreciate their effort, but I hope that they will take me off the gift list next year.   [/quote]

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