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Monday, November 27, 2006
All I want for Christmas is…
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Welcome back, friends! I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. Once you survived the family time, there was only one thing left to brave this weekend: the crowds at the shopping malls. They don’t call it Black Friday for nothing.
Yes, that’s right, the holiday shopping season has officially begun. But there’s one thing even scarier than the credit card bills you’re soon to be racking up: the dilemma of shopping for a gift for your significant other.
The first question — do you even buy something? The biggest factor here seems to be how long you’ve been together. Clearly, if you decide not to buy a Christmas gift for your girlfriend of two years, you’re in hot water. What if you’ve only been together for a week or two? A month? What’s the cutoff point? Or what if you’ve been seeing each other for a while, but casually?
And then the really hard part… What to buy? How much to spend?
Sure, the material things aren’t the most important in a relationship, but it’s undeniable that the gifts exchanged for the holidays can be a good time to engender goodwill and affection - or to screw up big.
What are some of the best gifts you’ve ever given or gotten? What holiday gift faux pas have you witnessed?
Are you stumped about your holiday gift-giving this year? We’ll help - just tell us your situation!
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