12-20-2011, 11:09 AM
Everyone likes to receive presents. It helps if they are thoughtful and represent an understanding of your personal tastes and an intimate knowledge of you as a person. That will not be accomplished by going out at the last minute and snatching a CD/DVD from the shelf at the service station ten minutes beforehand. 
I don't actually celebrate Christmas. Not out of some religious problem with it, though. I am single with no children and have just grown out of it. In fact it's been years since I've celebrated, but when I did I would always have Christmas presents bought as early as possible. Early in the year while shopping if I saw an item that reminded me of a friend(a yak coffee mug for SJ for example) or family member, I would make the purchase then and hold on to it for the big day. This not only ensures that the present is tailored to the recipient, but also that you are not purchasing a 'fad' item that might be out of style or irrelevant by the time Christmas rolls around.
Then there are the selfish assholes that just go out the night before Christmas and yank meaningless items off the shelf and hurredly wrap them- shoving them off to friends and family while they enjoy the wonderful gifts they have received
For the moment I work in a retail environment and it is so sad that we have to be open Christmas day so that morons can come in and get the 'after-the-last-minute' gifts. Double-
What kind of a person gives that little of a shit about their friends that they would wait till the inventory is reduced to leftovers before shopping. It just makes me sick



I don't actually celebrate Christmas. Not out of some religious problem with it, though. I am single with no children and have just grown out of it. In fact it's been years since I've celebrated, but when I did I would always have Christmas presents bought as early as possible. Early in the year while shopping if I saw an item that reminded me of a friend(a yak coffee mug for SJ for example) or family member, I would make the purchase then and hold on to it for the big day. This not only ensures that the present is tailored to the recipient, but also that you are not purchasing a 'fad' item that might be out of style or irrelevant by the time Christmas rolls around.
Then there are the selfish assholes that just go out the night before Christmas and yank meaningless items off the shelf and hurredly wrap them- shoving them off to friends and family while they enjoy the wonderful gifts they have received

For the moment I work in a retail environment and it is so sad that we have to be open Christmas day so that morons can come in and get the 'after-the-last-minute' gifts. Double-

What kind of a person gives that little of a shit about their friends that they would wait till the inventory is reduced to leftovers before shopping. It just makes me sick




Wildcard is awesome.