When I was in high school, I used to think I had it really hard on Christmas. I mean I had so many people to buy Christmas gifts for, and a limited budget! My mom, my dad, my brother, my sister and most importantly all my friends. I thought it would get easier when I’d get into college. Boy was I wrong. I thought I had money problems in high school; college is like living in a third world country. So I patiently waited to get a real job and guess what, Christmas shopping is not getting any easier.
I am beginning to realize that it’s not so much the money that is the problem, its more like money management and killing your inner desire to get unique Christmas gifts for every person you know. They should teach this kind of stuff at college. So I’m learning this thing called prioritizing. It’s this philosophy where some people are more important than others like family and friends. The mail guy is important but not that important. The trick is to buy Christmas Holiday gifts for everyone but allocate some sort of spending limit.
I know it sounds like discrimination but I had a pretty good Christmas last year. Like with the mail guy, and the IT guy for that matter. I sent Christmas gift baskets to the mail room and the IT department. They loved the gift. I followed my sister through stores and picked out what kind of stuff she liked. Since my brother was in college now, I sent him money. He loved it. My mom got a huge Christmas fruit basket and a hand knit sweater, (paid for by me) and champagne flutes. My dad got a golf club, golf balls and tees. I’m the world’s greatest daughter and it is the easiest thing in the world to make my dad happy. Of course my Christmas gifts were the result of a series of mad dashes to the mall and random visits to websites. Hopefully this year, I’ll get my act a bit more together and put some more thought into the buying process.
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