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For the past 3 years, I'd say about 95% of the gifts I give are handmade items. (The rest are bought online throughout the year, and some are even re-done secondhand items or antiques.) If they don't like 'em, tough dookie. They're more than welcome to give the gifts back, and I'll pass them on to someone who will be more appreciative. So there!

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This kind of makes me wonder -- why? I mean, OK, so I'm giving you a gift. Right? Well, I'm giving YOU a gift because I want YOU to have something that YOU will use and/or enjoy. Sorry, Casey, not picking on you in particular -- I've seen a lot of people (not just here on the boards) express the sentiment that "well, if they don't like it, that's just tough" about gifts. And this bewilders me. Like, maybe I am just missing something here??? I mean, I know that some gifts are more an obligation than anything else ... but gift-giving is about the recipient. Right? I mean, if gift-giving was about me and how I feel, then why am I getting another person involved? Maybe it makes you feel proud and talented to give people boxes of homemade stationery, but if I don't write letters and you know I don't write letters, then what does this become?

OK, maybe this totally doesn't make sense. But I'm still so lost in the gift culture thing. I don't really understand the way people approach this.

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jen

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