At least I was spared actually spending money this year. Due to the nature of the $2 gift exchange, all my gifts were either books from my collection that I thought the recipient would like (and that I no longer desperately wanted on my shelves) or taken from a pile of never-opened gifts my mom received during her years of teaching, that we keep for just such an occasion.
Listening to my colleagues talk about the money they were spending for Christmas presents, I was quite frankly shocked... and very, very glad my family doesn't do gift-giving except for the children. (Who, at the moment, are all grown up... at least until I have kids of my own.)
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Date: 2008-12-27 12:47 am (UTC)Listening to my colleagues talk about the money they were spending for Christmas presents, I was quite frankly shocked... and very, very glad my family doesn't do gift-giving except for the children. (Who, at the moment, are all grown up... at least until I have kids of my own.)