Compare And Contrast Essay About Christmas

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Christmas Gifts You Love (to Hate)

Zack Imus

Christmas. The most exciting and anticipated holiday of the year. A time when visions of sugar plums--or stereos, new cars, the latest computer, and various other desirable and expensive gifts--dance through our heads.
Unfortunately the reality of Christmas gift-giving is often a far cry from our visions. When we're children, it seems as the holidays approach that anything is possible. But as we mature and gain experience with this annual observance it eventually begins to dawn on us that it might not always be all it's cracked up to be. By the time we've reached our late teens--when, coincidentally, the potential for receiving truly outstanding gifts is optimized--we realize that
Christmas gifts are seldom …show more content…

Now some fruitcakes wouldn't qualify for this category. There are actually people in the world who spend months concocting 12-pound, liquor-filled, green-red-yellow speckled wonders (you wonder what's in them) as special gifts for their favorite relatives. This doesn't make them taste any better, but they do make great door- stops in the off-season. No, only department or drug store fruitcakes fall into this category.
Of course, not all "IDKWBY" gifts are culinary in nature. Calendars qualify, as do chia pets. Enough said.

It would be possible to list several other Christmas gift categories that would send a cold tingle up your spine. But rather than list any more of these,
I'd like to give you a few examples of really great gifts: Stereo components
(good quality), gold jewelry, an appropriate music C.D., gift certificates, and quality clothing.
But if you want to be absolutely certain your gift will be appreciated, go with cold, hard cash. The receiver is certain to experience the true

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