How do you go about giving presents (if you celebrate Christmas or something similar in your country, that is)? You can also talk about your attitude towards the custom itself and what you experience when receiving gifts. Go! :thumbsup: :love:
Gifts are a blessing for both giver and receiver. Yep, I greatly enjoy selecting and wrapping countless presents for my beloved ones actually, it's infinitely gratifying. I always look forward to their reaction and most importantly, how they incorporate it in their lives. Mostly, I select something very useful so they will be able to enjoy it for a long time. I trust my observations of hints they were dropping throughout the year, I'm strangely confident in knowing what they would like to have. I always get excited responses because I gift the unpredictable that's completely on point :hello: Especially when I craft the present myself (my ambitious creativity is boundless in this regard), people think it's not handmade :oops: Or when the person was not prepared that I would even consider something they wished for. The happier the person, the better.
The custom - I put a lot of thought into it so I'm grateful for the opportunity. I can express how much I adore the person and show that they mean something to me.
I dislike the mainstream element of the custom on a global scale, people only wanting overpriced and unneeded electronics that everyone has, boring. Group pressure presents for 2,000 without an ounce of love behind it, that stuff. The type of present that is desperately begged for and thrown into a corner when it's been used for two weeks because a new trend emerges, you know what I mean? The more personal, timeless and specific a gift, the more considerate and loving. I'd probably have to celebrate my own "Chae-mas" with its own customs but I gotta work with what is there here and try not to fall into the mainstream trap myself, that's the real task here. Being heartfelt about it is very important. I also enjoy everything else involved with presents, the tree decoration process (I am 100% in charge of it because I like making everything pretty) and all the good food, some singing is also ok where everyone is improvising with their instruments hehe. Also, sitting inside when it's warm and there's snow outside, you have a fireside chat with music... :crispy::pros:
Receiving presents- I need to quote myself - "is like getting praise in material form". The thought of someone thinking of me is so nice, I feel so loved :love: The feeling is not as intense when seeing someone unpack what I gifted, but I do enjoy presents a lot when they are subjectively and objectively tasteful. Joke presents or some random, non-personal plastic items upset me a little because of wasted money and effort but anyway, it's the gesture that counts. Some people see gifts as a mindless duty and that's how their presents look like - full offense here, I'm salty - but this is a manageable minority. What I understand is that they try, and that's all right, I see the intention :yup:
I'm very aware of the message that each present sends, it says a lot about the person and their perception of me. How I react to it tells a lot about me and them, equally. So I am vigilant in a psychological manner, sometimes unnecessarily so but I find it worthwhile. Usually, I prefer giving specific orders to receive what I really like and need Sigmund Freud be taking notes on that, if you know what I know you know what I meannn and even help the present-giver select the gift. My taste is a bit intricate and not easy to understand because I like oddly eccentric/geeky items so I am actually glad to help, it's in our mutual interest. Yes, even if I know what they give to me, it feels like praising. There's attention involved, and a sense of appreciation, I really like that. In short, I'm pretty much about that life :purr:
Gifts are a blessing for both giver and receiver. Yep, I greatly enjoy selecting and wrapping countless presents for my beloved ones actually, it's infinitely gratifying. I always look forward to their reaction and most importantly, how they incorporate it in their lives. Mostly, I select something very useful so they will be able to enjoy it for a long time. I trust my observations of hints they were dropping throughout the year, I'm strangely confident in knowing what they would like to have. I always get excited responses because I gift the unpredictable that's completely on point :hello: Especially when I craft the present myself (my ambitious creativity is boundless in this regard), people think it's not handmade :oops: Or when the person was not prepared that I would even consider something they wished for. The happier the person, the better.
The custom - I put a lot of thought into it so I'm grateful for the opportunity. I can express how much I adore the person and show that they mean something to me.
I dislike the mainstream element of the custom on a global scale, people only wanting overpriced and unneeded electronics that everyone has, boring. Group pressure presents for 2,000 without an ounce of love behind it, that stuff. The type of present that is desperately begged for and thrown into a corner when it's been used for two weeks because a new trend emerges, you know what I mean? The more personal, timeless and specific a gift, the more considerate and loving. I'd probably have to celebrate my own "Chae-mas" with its own customs but I gotta work with what is there here and try not to fall into the mainstream trap myself, that's the real task here. Being heartfelt about it is very important. I also enjoy everything else involved with presents, the tree decoration process (I am 100% in charge of it because I like making everything pretty) and all the good food, some singing is also ok where everyone is improvising with their instruments hehe. Also, sitting inside when it's warm and there's snow outside, you have a fireside chat with music... :crispy::pros:
Receiving presents- I need to quote myself - "is like getting praise in material form". The thought of someone thinking of me is so nice, I feel so loved :love: The feeling is not as intense when seeing someone unpack what I gifted, but I do enjoy presents a lot when they are subjectively and objectively tasteful. Joke presents or some random, non-personal plastic items upset me a little because of wasted money and effort but anyway, it's the gesture that counts. Some people see gifts as a mindless duty and that's how their presents look like - full offense here, I'm salty - but this is a manageable minority. What I understand is that they try, and that's all right, I see the intention :yup:
I'm very aware of the message that each present sends, it says a lot about the person and their perception of me. How I react to it tells a lot about me and them, equally. So I am vigilant in a psychological manner, sometimes unnecessarily so but I find it worthwhile. Usually, I prefer giving specific orders to receive what I really like and need Sigmund Freud be taking notes on that, if you know what I know you know what I meannn and even help the present-giver select the gift. My taste is a bit intricate and not easy to understand because I like oddly eccentric/geeky items so I am actually glad to help, it's in our mutual interest. Yes, even if I know what they give to me, it feels like praising. There's attention involved, and a sense of appreciation, I really like that. In short, I'm pretty much about that life :purr: