Secret Santas . Know what I hate more? Yankee Swaps. At least with the Secret Santas you have sort of a chance to actually have the spirit--buy something specifically for someone. But with a Yankee Swap you're buying blind--could be mail/female, geeky, sportsy . For those who don't know what it is: Everyone brings a present. Everyone draws a number out of a hat. Number 1 picks a present. Number two picks a present and so on, BUT any later number can SWAP for an earlier gift and the earlier person has no choice in the mater. So it should be called Yankee Steal. So much for the spirit of gifting. And you know that everyone is just regifting something that they got the year before. Probably true in Secret Santas --I for instance got a set of Margarita glasses last year. Not exactly my ideal, but the buyer thought of me as cosmopolitan and hip and so probably thought it was perfect. Gift cards are the best. We should just agree to all buy each other gift cards. Much eas...
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