2008 Woodie Awards
He Said: Gifts: to give or not to give
Shaun Mitchell
Issue date: 12/6/07 Section: He Said/She Said
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Tis' the season to be merry...and broke. The holidays are always an interesting time of the year. People with big families start going insane, the malls start to get more and more crowded each day, and your significant other starts dropping hints on what to get them left and right. What do you get them and how much money do you spend?
When it comes down to it, gift giving is all about the thought of the gift itself. Not everyone is as creative as Martha Stewart and I know you certainly aren't going to make your girlfriend a birdhouse that is really an apple pie. But that doesn't matter. What matters is the reasoning behind each gift.
Some guys like to give one big gift. Some like to give a few smaller gifts. Whatever the case, for the gift to be special, there needs to be a reason why you got the gift for your significant other in the first place. Anybody can get a Coach purse or a Burberry scarf, but as much as girls like the material objects, they also like some emotion behind the giving.
If you're lucky, you have a significant other that wants gifts for no rhyme or reason and in that case, you get them for your mate. I've seen some of my friend's girlfriend's make it easy by dropping off a list of things they want and my friends get them simple and clean. If your significant other is more tricky and didn't give you a list, then I suggest checking with their friends as to what she wants, or go snooping through their rooms and see what they have or do not have.
It's never easy giving gifts, but make the most of it by putting some thought into them. Half the fun in receiving is the giving. So make her or him smile and get them something meaningful. Happy holidays, Sacred Heart.
When it comes down to it, gift giving is all about the thought of the gift itself. Not everyone is as creative as Martha Stewart and I know you certainly aren't going to make your girlfriend a birdhouse that is really an apple pie. But that doesn't matter. What matters is the reasoning behind each gift.
Some guys like to give one big gift. Some like to give a few smaller gifts. Whatever the case, for the gift to be special, there needs to be a reason why you got the gift for your significant other in the first place. Anybody can get a Coach purse or a Burberry scarf, but as much as girls like the material objects, they also like some emotion behind the giving.
If you're lucky, you have a significant other that wants gifts for no rhyme or reason and in that case, you get them for your mate. I've seen some of my friend's girlfriend's make it easy by dropping off a list of things they want and my friends get them simple and clean. If your significant other is more tricky and didn't give you a list, then I suggest checking with their friends as to what she wants, or go snooping through their rooms and see what they have or do not have.
It's never easy giving gifts, but make the most of it by putting some thought into them. Half the fun in receiving is the giving. So make her or him smile and get them something meaningful. Happy holidays, Sacred Heart.
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