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29 Dec 2007, 8:05 pm

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I also hate "regifting" especially when they tell you it's a recycled gift. I often get cat-related crap this way, since most people who don't really know me very well know at least I'm a cat person. "Oh, so-and-so gave this to me, but I thought you would like it more." My favorite was a massive, indoor cat grass planter. Lovely, yes? Something that will take up space, is high maintenance and will make my cats puke all over the house. I'm not sure what message that person was trying to send to me, but the thing went straight into the trash.

Cats eat grass and it is proven to give them some nutrients they can't get elsewhere.

You should have reconsidered.


and laid down newsprint everywhere! :lol:


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29 Dec 2007, 8:29 pm

I'm particular about what I buy for myself, so why should I be presumptuous in what others might want? I hate gift-buying...

My husband's uncle sent him a battery-operated can opener for christmas 8O we are still trying to figure out why.



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29 Dec 2007, 10:12 pm

My sister once gave me a 3-D puzzle. I was puzzled. I am not nuts about things like that. I would have appreciated a book on some controversial topic, or something about the Supernatural. I donated the puzzle to the local Domestic Violence Shelter thrift store. She also gave me a really pretty wine decanter and one matching goblet, even though she knows I don't drink alcohol. Since it's pretty, I have it on my shelves with my other dishes, where I can see it. Once, my brother gave me a black silk waitress apron. 8O I was speechless.


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30 Dec 2007, 2:20 am

I never want any gifts that can be bought but money is ok. Other people don't know what I want and I can just buy it myself. It doesn't offend me when people give me money either and admit they don't know what I want. I rather spend time with someone or just for them to acknowledge that they care about me is fine.



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30 Dec 2007, 4:16 am

Hmm...
The only useless xmas gift I got was some purfume which is Guchi or however you spell it. I will never use it, I hate purfume.


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30 Dec 2007, 5:47 am

Christmas seems to have turned into a modern-day potlatch ceremony wherein the more largesse you distribute, the higher your perceived social status. Which would be fine if it weren't so exhausting and wasteful.

The best thing I can say? Sometimes I've been pleasantly surprised by gifts which I wouldn't have thought to buy for myself. I can only hope that the gifts I've given to others have been as well received.



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30 Dec 2007, 6:01 am

SleepyDragon wrote:
Christmas seems to have turned into a modern-day potlatch ceremony...


I thought potlatch ceremonies were strictly Native American ceremonies.
So I figure you're either a tribal member, know tribal members, or are just familiar with their ways.

It was just an unusual comment to make here, I thought, and it caught my eye. :D
I learned about potlatches when I lived in Alaska and had dealings with the natives up there.


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30 Dec 2007, 6:08 am

wsmac wrote:
I thought potlatch ceremonies were strictly Native American ceremonies.
So I figure you're either a tribal member, know tribal members, or are just familiar with their ways.

It was just an unusual comment to make here, I thought, and it caught my eye. :D
I learned about potlatches when I lived in Alaska and had dealings with the natives up there.


A memory from a long-ago undergraduate anthropology lecture. :)