Abby and Norma

by Erika Hammerschmidt

Jan 19, 2007

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I've had it with the complexity of gift-giving. This year I'm going to set aside the amount of money I'd spend on gifts, and just divide it up evenly among the people I'm giving gifts to.

That way they can just go and buy whatever they want, or put it in savings if they don't want anything.

No more giving people things they already have, things they don't want, things they don't have enough space for, and things they misinterpret as tongue-in-cheek nasty remarks about their personal habits.

No more people returning my gifts to the store, selling them on eBay, stashing them away in drawers, or forgetting who they got them from and giving them to me next Christmas.

I hate to say it, but it's often considered rude to give money as a gift.

Why is that?

Well, normally I'd say it's because a gift has to have thought put into it...but it looks as if you've already over-thought this one half to death.

EXACTLY!