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[–] _kmald 738 points 23 hours ago
my mom died 5 days before Christmas, and it was

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[–] mygawd 180 points 16 hours ago
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[–] graptemys 158 points 20 hours ago
My wife does that. She Christmas shops year-round. If you mention something in,
say, April, you might like, there's a good chance she's got that sucker in the
presents pile shortly thereafter. Fortunately, after a mere 25 years together, some of
it is starting to rub off on me. This was the first year I actually kept an open note on
my phone to track things.
[–] MistaSmiles 106 points 19 hours ago
Now you can hate Christmas all year long

[–] ryan545 28 points 20 hours ago
Wife did this one year when I mentioned a baseball glove I loved but couldn't justify
spending what it cost on it. 8 months later and it was a huge surprise
[–] PeachInABowl 92 points 23 hours ago
I'm a shite gift reciever and it stresses me out!

[–] YDAQ 46 points 23 hours ago
Wayne's World taught me how to solve that problem: "Just say 'thank you.'"
[–] PM_Your_Tits_Soon 5866 points 1 day ago
The exchange of equal amounts of gift cards.

Oh here’s a $50 to a restaurant you enjoy, oh you got me one too? Well that was
productive...
[–] cjmook21 1336 points 22 hours ago
Everyone turn your cash into store credit and act like it did you a favor.
[–] gobblegoldfish 493 points 18 hours ago
This is why I hate gift cards. It's like receiving money but you don't have full control
over what to do with it.
[–] CutterJohn 321 points 17 hours ago
The point is you're allowed to treat yourself with it because you can't spend it
productively.
[–] AGINSB 143 points 17 hours ago
This year from family I got an amazon gift card and a visa gift card. The amazon
gift card I sorta get, the visa gift card is just harder to use cash. (Hanukah not
Christmas but the idea is the same)
[–] Mrnoble0218 193 points 17 hours ago
Visa gift cards are what you get for teens too young to put their money on a
debit card so they can buy stuff online
[–] Malphos101 96 points 16 hours ago
Visa cards are what you give teenagers to make it harder for them to
buy that evil devils lettuce. /s
[–] cubosh 402 points 1 day ago
and now you both have to cash in and spend greater than 50 to the benefit of the
crappy restaurants
[–] eljefino 58 points 18 hours ago
Plot twist, the giver was regifting something from work or got a free $10 card for
themselves after spending $50 on your $50 card.
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[–] Chaxie 131 points 20 hours ago*
Ah yes, we had a secret santa exchange at my job and almost everyone on the list
asked for a giftcard.
I'm just thinking to myself... I'm not spending $20 on a gift card just to get a gift card
of equal value back. There's nothing exciting about that, its almost like just handing
each other $20 bills and calling it a "gift".
[–] ARawTrout 38 points 18 hours ago
A few years ago my sister and I decided to do exactly that. Every year for Christmas
and our birthdays we give each other $20 and wrap it up nicely as a joke.
[–] evilpotato1121 155 points 22 hours ago
To me, that type of thing can be good in 2 instances.

1. You get the gift card on discount. If both of you do it and save the same amount,
move on to reason 2
2. It forces them to not put the money into their bank account (assuming they are
financially okay), and makes them spend it on something else. Think of it more
like giving them a favor to themselves rather than just trading $50 with them.
[–] LouBrown 77 points 20 hours ago
My wife recently bought some Visa gift cards to give out as rewards for various stuff
for her job. It costs $55 for a $50 gift card. Hell of a thing Visa has going for those.
10% vig, and you know damn well a decent chunk of those goes unspent.
[–] interredleviathan 1682 points 23 hours ago
Music in retail stores.

Source: Retail worker
[–] Tearakudo 237 points 23 hours ago
If it weren't such a short fucking loop....I spend an hour shopping and i hear the repeat.
6 years of 9hr shifts, i wanted to kill myself by day 2
[–] FUCKAFISH 97 points 16 hours ago
AND THIS CHRISTMAS

WILL BE
A VERY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS
FOR MEEEEE
[–] Cripnite 37 points 14 hours ago
I heard Last Christmas 4 times in 2 hours by 2 different artists (and neither were
George Michael).
[–] AsPerrUsual 168 points 17 hours ago
it's incredible really how many renditions there are on the same handful of christmas
songs
even more so that they all manage to be fucking terrible
[–] Tripted 92 points 16 hours ago
Lets face it, the vast majority of christmas music is fucking awful. It's one of those
things where they try and make it appeal to everyone and by doing so make it so
inconceivably bland that it hurts the brain.
[–] KelBear25 22 points 16 hours ago
Ugh the horror of mall christmas music. Its not even the nice traditional music, its the
god awful pop Christmas tunes. On repeat. I hate shopping anywhere this time of year.
[–] temporarycarrot 5927 points 1 day ago
It really amplifies the negative things that may be going on in your life and it's hard to not
compare what you have to others. I was raised by a single mom so spent a lot of time
alone, but Christmas is when it really hurt. My mom would always work the night shift
Christmas Eve (more $$) so I'd spend it alone in an empty house and would inevitably get
really bitter. She would come home in the morning and be too tired to do anything
(understandably)
My Grandma was suffering from Cancer and during Christmas one year (my mom took this
one off, obvi) she went into a coma and died. My mom had to unplug her life support. A
very Merry Christmas indeed.
[–] m1a1tanksauce 727 points 23 hours ago
I'm feeling this this year. My grandma (who was the matriarch) died a few days before
Thanksgiving. Everyone would normally go to her/my mom's house for the holidays but
now we are all scattered and grieving. Not to mention we are all super broke now from
traveling this past year to see her so no one is really "doing Christmas". It's just crazy
because my family is pretty poor and my grandmother was the safety net emotionally
and financially and now we are all poor and lost. Someone asked me if I was having a
happy holidays and I wanted to punch them in the face. The pressure to be happy and
celebratory for the last two months of the year pisses me off too. I plan on spending
Christmas alone and drunk.
[–] baconnmeggs 899 points 22 hours ago*
Hey can I send you a crocheted buffalo wing

Eta hey thanks for the gold, I just have spent so many Christmases alone and drunk
or strung out on heroin (not that I think op is an addict, his post just struck a nerve
with me). Ridiculous crocheted food items are in my opinion, the best way to cheer
anyone up.
Loved one die? Crocheted citrus
Came down with a cold? Crocheted steak
Attacked by a violently ill chimpanzee? That calls for crocheted spaghetti and
meatballs
[–] m1a1tanksauce 346 points 22 hours ago
That actually sounds super rad if you want to DM me.

[–] Portablewalrus 158 points 21 hours ago
That does sound rad hahahaha. Post a pic if you get it. And hey, I'm
spending Christmas alone and drunk too. Looking forward to it actually.
[–] NewColor 38 points 19 hours ago
I would 100% buy a crocheted buffalo wing, that sounds sick

[–] bagomangopulp 82 points 19 hours ago
I can't offer a crocheted buffalo wing, but I can suggest, if you don't really have the
money to do anything "big" for Christmas and your family isn't getting together, try
volunteering at a local homeless shelter. They are always looking for help around the
holiday to serve meals, hand out gifts, wrap presents, etc. You will feel better
because you've helped others in need, you'll get to spend the holidays doing
something productive, and you might even meet some really great people. Win-
win...win
[–] cynomys09 1520 points 1 day ago
I hate the materialism that goes into it. Having worked in retail for several years, I was told
in multiple years that I 'ruined Christmas' because we were out of some thing that was
critically important to having the 'perfect' Christmas. At time, the customer was shopping
the week before Christmas and should have expected that popular items would be hard to
find.
I love the family aspects of Christmas but that gets drowned out.
[–] Taz-Hat 248 points 20 hours ago
The people who told you that you "ruined Chrismas" were jerks, I never worked in retail
but I know people who do. I hope you have a great Christmas this year.
[–] 34Heartstach 26 points 16 hours ago
Worked at a grocery store through high school and college and would regularly pull
the shifts right before Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve because I was young, the
overtime/holiday pay was nice and I didn't have plans until the evening anyway. The
amount of times I was blamed for ruining holidays because we ran out of typical
holiday things turkeys, pie filling, boxed stuffing, etc. Was insane. Once, maybe
twice a shift. Here I am making minimum wage to work when o have off from school
and this old ass grandma thinks I'm her canned cranberry sauce fairy.
[–] TerribleAttitude 80 points 18 hours ago
I was able to go from sympathetic to not giving even half a fuck when someone said
some variation of "you ruined my holiday" when I worked retail. People trying to order
full dinners the day before, people throwing tantrums because we weren't open on
Christmas (or open 24 hours Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve), people saying that
running out of their brand of canned cranberries has destroyed the holiday, people
throwing a fit because their gift packages were delayed a day because of deadly
snowstorms that sent mail trucks careening off cliffs.....
I can guarantee you that the only way Christmas was "ruined" for their families is due to
the fact that their families had to deal with them bitching about the horrible, cruel
people at the store who intentionally withheld things from them. At least I only had to
deal with them for a few minutes. Their poor families probably had to deal with the
dramatics for days afterwards.
[–] rustyandold 49 points 17 hours ago
People who dont work retail dont understand. My partner calls me the grinch.
Literally today a lady wanted a trampoline. Theyve been sold out for two weeks.
Accused of false advertising and bait and switch, like lady why would i bait and switch, i
get paid minimum wage
[–] aimark42 4750 points 1 day ago*
The expectation that you must be around family. Many people have very dysfunctional and
abusive people in their families. I get constantly berated at work and out and about how I
should do this or that with family. No thanks.
[–] NewDriverStew 659 points 23 hours ago
The obligation to do so often means you don't get to spend any meaningful amount of
time with anybody. Last Christmas I raced out of work on the 24th, spent two hours in
traffic driving to one house, sat for an hour and did gifts, drove another hour to my
parents, fell asleep after an hour, woke up, did presents, got in the car and we spent all
day driving to three different relatives' houses until we got home and went to bed. I
don't care for any of the relatives we visited & I don't have any memories of that holiday
that didn't involve cursing at highway gridlock. Only half of my family celebrates, too, so
I can't imagine what it's like for those with big Christian families.
[–] NuclearHubris 270 points 17 hours ago
My question is always: Why fucking bother? Why subject yourself to that shit? Just
stop going to other people's houses for Christmas. Tell them you're spending your
Christmas in your own home with your own close family. If they don't understand,
get offended, or whatever, they can get shafted. It's your fucking christmas and you
are not obligated in any way to spend it with people you don't know.
There is nothing stopping you from saying "No." Nothing stopping you from
celebrating with relatives on the 23rd or the 24th or whatever and spending
Christmas with the people you want to spend it with. I understand everyone's
experience is different, but the vast majority of people I've talked to who have this
issue don't have a reason to put an end to it other than "uh, but, like, social
expectations or whatever." What, really, is the consequence? A bunch of people you
don't know and don't really give a shit about think slightly differently of you, but you
get to actually have a holiday to yourself and not bend over backwards for people
you don't know and don't care about?
[–] SpaceTrashTheory 89 points 17 hours ago
'Why fucking bother' is right! I've always been amazed that people freak out
over holiday stuff like presents, or whether you'll be at their house ON Christmas
day (not the day before, not the day after, but on Christmas. And my gawd if
you aren't there then you'll just ruin it for everyone) or fighting for merchandise
that's on sale. I don't need a holiday mug with some chocolate covered espresso
beans. No one does. Yes, I understand the idea behind the gifts, but ya know
what I would like more than another fleece jacket that I'm not going to wear? I
would like people to take whatever amount of money they were going to spend
on my present and make a donation to a charity. Take that money and give it to
a homeless shelter or animal rescue. What I want is a holiday party or two
where I get to see a bunch of people I care about having a good time and it
doesn't have to be on December 25th! Anyway, that's my little vent. Happy
Holidays. Ho.Ho.Ho.
[–] ActivePuck 224 points 21 hours ago
This is me. My wife and I would usually see relatives out of obligation but since she
passed last year I don't want to spend it with any of my relatives even though my mom
doesn't want me to be alone on Christmas. I mean I'll visit my father and take him out
for dinner next week but I don't want to be around a large group of people that I rarely
see and have nothing in common with. So I'm just going to stay home and slow cook a
roast while building a bunch of Lego I bought for myself. Win-win.
[–] GadgetHacksaw 27 points 17 hours ago
So sorry for your loss. Don't bother explaining, just take the day for yourself. It's
only one day. Consider it a Christmas gift to yourself.
[–] karsjones 95 points 19 hours ago
Sorry about your wife. 😢

[–] Alpacasoul 74 points 21 hours ago
Exactly this. Having to be constantly reminded that you should be with your family. Or
questioned why you're not with your family. If I'm not with my family on Christmas
there's a reason. I don't need to tell you my life story of my dysfunctional family just
because your family gets together and has a gay ol time.
[–] Average_Jooe 66 points 21 hours ago
This. At my work, you can only roll over so many PTO hours. Currently, I can roll over
80hrs, I have around 50ish hours of PTO that if I don't use, I lose it. The last couple of
years, I spent most of the holidays with my significant other and her family.
This Christmas I have zero plans, no SO, and a ton of married co-workers giving me
anxiety for having no Christmas plans. On the plus side, I feel like a college kid again
with all this time off and nothing to do.
[–] StopDoingThisAgain 125 points 22 hours ago
Omg, yes.
My extended family LOVED it when we made four 200 mile trips between Christmas and
New Years to attend every.damn.holiday.gathering. I was ecstatic the one year both
grandmas planned their Christmas celebrations on the same day, but my mother refused
to celebrate that day as well because her dinner wouldn’t have time to cool after my
grandma’s Christmas party.
My SIL gets ridiculous about gifts (let’s spend our entire Christmas budget on my MIL),
let’s change traditions three weeks before the holiday, it’s just stupid af.
Can’t we all just show up and drink eggnog and be happy without all the drama?
[–] PorcelainPecan 112 points 20 hours ago
What I hate is going into a store and hearing, in some jolly tune:
♪♫"Have a holly jolly Christmas,
and in case you wanted to forget:
You're estranged from your family
'cause they treated you like shit!"♪♫
Yeah, exactly the topic I wanted to hear about while I buy my damned groceries, thanks
for that.
[–] hpotter29 42 points 20 hours ago
Yeah. The iconic "family=love" thing is CEMENTED into our brains as a people and--
unless you've lived it, it's extremely difficult to understand that it can very easily not be
so.
Enjoy Christmas this year. Be around people you like who like you back.
[–] sikkerhet 4887 points 1 day ago
it lasts two fucking months I would actually enjoy it for a week but why does it have to start
midnight of November 1st
[–] Rachie__Lion 950 points 1 day ago
I know. I love Christmas, but we can enjoy all the fall stuff first.
[–] FPSXpert 461 points 18 hours ago
Forget the "war on Christmas", what happened to Thanksgiving decor? We just skip
straight from Halloween to Xmas now?
[–] mksound 209 points 17 hours ago
Grocers are the only ones who make money off Thanksgiving. Retailers dgaf,
they are getting the cash cow that is xmas out of the barn asap.
[–] whitecastleburgers21 28 points 16 hours ago
I work in a warehouse and this is very true. Matter of fact, the earliest we
might start stocking up on Christmas items is September. Pretty much goes
from Halloween trump masks to Santa hats.
[–] AlleKeskitason 82 points 22 hours ago
Welcome to retail, I've been suffering about it since the beginning of October at an
increasing rate. Today my Christmas quota got filled and I was pissed off. And it gets
worse as we are inching closer to the Christmas eve.
If there is one thing you learn in retail, it's the hatred towards holiday season. By the
time it comes, you want absolutely nothing to do with the fucking thing.
[–] thatsme8008 362 points 23 hours ago
its all about sales

Same reason there are now black friday sales in Canada. Its just a bunch of bullshit.
[–] sikkerhet 233 points 23 hours ago
Norway has black friday sales too and they're not even ATTACHED to america
[–] 0RJ4N-SK 145 points 22 hours ago
we dont have black friday sales

we have Black Friday Week Sales that lasts for 2 weeks
[–] Nomulite 86 points 21 hours ago
And Amazon has Cyber Monday which ALSO goes on for half a week.
[–] WhoryGilmore 52 points 20 hours ago
Speaking of sales, that's pretty much what I hate about christmas. I'm not
anticonsumerism necessarily, but I feel like everything we are supposed to know and
love about christmas is just stuff that corporations shove down our throat
[–] Lurk_and_Chill 52 points 22 hours ago
It took me longer than I'd like to admit to realize why it would be weird for Canada
to have black friday sales. I'm not a very smart man.
[–] TheTimeShrike 31 points 22 hours ago
I don't get it. Edit: I'm not a smart man either.

[–] Lost_the_Spalling_Be 675 points 1 day ago
I used to live with my aunt, who made me write thank you letters for every person who
gave me a gift. She would sit me in the living room past twelve because either the card was
messy or I wasn't being 'sincere' enough, even though she wouldn't tell me how I could do
better. She ripped bad cards up in front of me and yelled at me for being selfish.
It's a very effective way to put a kid off Christmas forever.
[–] WhenAmI 320 points 23 hours ago
My Grandma is always trying to get us to write thank you letters to her, but never likes
what we've written when we do send her notes. She clearly doesn't put any thought into
our gifts, so the notes seem insincere. I'm not a crafty person at all, but one year she
sent me a set of X-acto knives. Last year she sent me a children's book about some
Native American tribe that lives near her, in spite of the fact that I am 27 and childfree.
A few years ago, she really out did herself. She sent my each member of my family a
$25 check, tucked into a book on manners... right on the page about thank you notes.
[–] YMIR_34-A 250 points 21 hours ago
Send her a $5 gift card for a retirement home

[–] WhenAmI 165 points 20 hours ago
Eh, she's rich. I'm feigning effort because a 2% of her wealth is a life changing
amount of money for me.
[–] ValKilmersLooks 126 points 17 hours ago
Then bullshit for your life. The knives inspired a new hobby or came in really
handy, the book got you interested in aboriginal tribes, etc.
[–] heart_in_your_hands 95 points 16 hours ago
You said it. Gun for 4%.

[–] Daves_no_here 1312 points 1 day ago
The Christmas season seems to get longer and longer each year. I was already
seeing/hearing Christmas ads around Halloween. At least wait until after thanksgiving ffs!
[–] Daghain 250 points 22 hours ago
This! One holiday at a time!

[–] mana_banana11 120 points 22 hours ago
A local retail store had their Christmas stuff out mid September.
[–] Daves_no_here 41 points 21 hours ago
Nooo! That is way too early. Honestly, I’d avoid going there from then until
December.
[–] donutshopsss 1834 points 1 day ago
I spent $800 on gifts this year on people... my family keeps growing and I have announced
that I will no longer be giving out gifts next year. It's not worth it.
[–] Circle-oflife 1063 points 1 day ago
My family is older now. No kids in the family. We are all 22 or older. We agree to do
secret Santa. So we only have to buy one gift and it has to cost 50$. No more no less.
We include all cousins, grandmas, grandpas, siblings, aunts, uncles, siblings boyfriends
or girlfriends, mom and dad. Maybe you can suggest this idea for next year?
[–] Hypo_Mix 287 points 18 hours ago
No more no less
lol, "here is a $49.90 book you wanted, and a lugnut".
[–] Weed_O_Whirler 619 points 20 hours ago
My family does something like this, but we one up it. Sometime after Thanksgiving
we draw names, and that person is supposed to be your "special person" until
Christmas. You're supposed to be extra nice to them leading up to Christmas: offer
to babysit, do some of their chores, etc. Then, on Christmas eve you are supposed
to guess who had you.
It leads to so many wonderful memories: my siblings and I competing to who can
get guessed by the most people (aka- competing to be nicest), seeing how obvious
you can be without them guessing, etc. And then, after the guesses are in, we each
give each other one small gift.
[–] designtheories 78 points 18 hours ago
Wow I love this idea!! This is so cute. One day when I have a family of my own,
we will do this. (My parents would never go for it lol)
[–] donutshopsss 193 points 1 day ago
Great idea and already a week ahead of you in proposing that ha.
[–] HolidaySheepherder 121 points 23 hours ago
We do either this or a white elephant gift exchange. If you want a gift, you have to
bring one. If not, that's fine too. There are just too many adults to get separate gifts
for everyone.
[–] MoneyButterscotch0 114 points 22 hours ago
My siblings always complain that they have to spend $1,000 every Christmas. They
think they're obligated to dole out at least $60 per person. This year I got everyone $5-
10 gifts to show them it's ok to just give someone an ornament or potholders or socks.
No one's going to be furious and Christmas won't be ruined.
[–] MGPythagoras 155 points 1 day ago
All my mom does is complain about money and how many kids there are but still gives
them gifts. One year I gave her money to help with the cost if she would stop the next
year which she agreed but now she says she has to give gifts or shell look bad. I don't
plan on ever giving Christmas gifts other than to my parents, SO and kids. I'll just give
birthday gifts. That is valuable money I can use to buy like 50 videogames I'll never play
in the Steam store.
[–] BoomerBrowning 81 points 20 hours ago
I did the same thing last year. I spent almost $900 and it was the most stressful, awful
Christmas I can remember. The big gift I got my boyfriend ended up breaking down and
we had to return it and get a different model. The other stuff I got him that I was sure
he really needed ended up being things he totally didn't give a shit about and some of
them are STILL, a full year later, sitting in unopened boxes in his closet. I got up super
early Christmas morning to make a huge ham and a few other dishes to bring to a
friend's potluck, and discovered that it wasn't so much a potluck as it was me providing
a huge brunch to a roomful of lazy mooches. Never again. This year, I got a couple of
small, sensible gifts for my immediate family. I asked my boyfriend to give me a list of
what he actually wants and I will pick out a couple things up to the agreed upon $60
budget. I made it clear that I would not be exchanging gifts with ANY of my friends. So
much less stressful this year.
[–] DefinitelyNotAGinger 212 points 23 hours ago
My wife and I love making Christmas goodies (sugar cookies, mudbudds, rice crispies,
chocolate covered pretzels, whatever) so this year we went out and bought a 12 set of
mason jars, some Christmas-y fabric and some ribbon (for all like under $15). All we are
going to do is make extra Christmas goodies and put them in jars, decorate them and
give those out instead of buying a giftcard or some other expensive gift. Gonna see how
it goes this year.
[–] essdeecee 50 points 20 hours ago
Honestly, my favourite gift at Christmas growing up was the basket of kick ass
homemade baked goods my aunt gave us. They were extra special as my mom
couldn't bake at all.
[–] 1DnTink 95 points 21 hours ago
I started doing that a few years ago. Everyone gets a jar of homemade jam. It turns
out, well-done diy is what people WANT! They've started to ask every year and
make sure they get more.
[–] PraiseMelora 35 points 19 hours ago
I would be stoked to get homemade jam!

[–] myhairsreddit 62 points 21 hours ago
I think most, not all, but most people would greatly appreciate this. I love
homemade gifts. And goodies are always a fun present!
[–] Idontcareboutyou 132 points 23 hours ago
When I was 10 years old, my grandparents decided that once grandkids turn 10 they
don't get a gift anymore. I was pissed. No gifts? Are you insane?
Now as an adult, I fully understand. And would actually prefer if there was no gift
giving. Just hang out have dinner and shoot the shit. That's all I want.
5 years ago or so, all the cousins started a tradition. After the Christmas dinner
(Christmas eve) we all (the ones that are of age) go over to the oldest cousins house
and party it up.
[–] ashez2ashes 169 points 22 hours ago
10 is kinda young though.

[–] BradC 325 points 1 day ago
There are so many extra people out and about. And they're all so focused on themselves
that common courtesy is pretty much non-existent.
[–] Mistah-Jay 312 points 23 hours ago
It reminds me of how much I hate myself, but in a good way, if that makes sense. My family
is usually a little more warm toward each other around this time, and my wife's family turns
up being already affectionate to making me want to just fucking cry because they're saying
nice things to me and hugging me. I don't know how to process that shit. I don't know what
the hell is wrong with me, but being treated with kindness tears me apart. I can handle
being threatened, being screamed at, dealing with my own anger, panic attacks, being
scared, all that. But for the life of me I don't know what to do when someone treats me real
nice. Like, I don't know where in my brain to put the way I feel about it and it just fucks
with me to where I wonder what's the matter with me and how my friggin life went so
wrong that kind interactions turn me into a sniveling bitch.
[–] albatrossonkeyboard 39 points 14 hours ago
"I can handle being threatened, being screamed at, dealing with my own anger, panic
attacks,"
That's whats wrong, and not with you, whoever treated you so poorly.
[–] Mistah-Jay 17 points 14 hours ago
That just reached out wrapped a fist around my heart. It was nice of you to say.
[–] cubosh 603 points 1 day ago
a tv commercial starting with the sentence "ITS THAT TIME AGAIN!" -- throws me into a fit
of caustic bitterness - honestly has anybody EVER FELT increased joy from hearing those
words in an advert. why do they keep doing it!!!!!!!!
[–] danjamthelamb 227 points 20 hours ago
It's not meant to make you feel Joy. It's meant to make you feel anxious and pressured
to purchase things for people. And that works on a ton of people. That's why they still
do it.
[–] Texual_Deviant 2356 points 1 day ago
The obligations. It's so artificial. You give gifts to people because it's expected that you give
them gifts, specifically gifts you think they would like. This person got me a gift this year? I
have to get them one back. You're not doing it out of selflessness and love. If you were, you
would get someone a gift at literally any point ever to show them that you care and thought
they might like something. You're doing it because you're told to when you were a child and
were reaping the benefits. This one singular aspect of Christmas drags the rest of the
holiday down. Spending time with family? Sure. Decorations? Alright. Music? Fine. But this
obligatory celebrating of spending money ruins it for me.
[–] Blankety_blanks 212 points 23 hours ago
YES. My family exchanges lists of specific things we all want, because we aren't close
enough to have any remote idea what the actual person would want. So we are just
exchanging money for the sake of appearances to buy something that we were explicitly
told to get... at this point, why not save the money and just buy stuff for ourselves?
[–] Paranoidas 354 points 1 day ago
Yes! I loathe being obligated to shop for others. It's incredibly awkward receiving the
gifts too. You've got to sit there and pretend that it's something you really wanted, even
if it's absolutely terrible. Then you sometimes have to have that even more awkward
conversation of "Did you get a gift receipt?"
[–] stinkypie 239 points 1 day ago
I hate receiving gifts at Christmas simply because I don't like any kind of attention
drawn to me and my family insists on doing the "open one present at a time while
going around the room" BS.
[–] miasews 168 points 21 hours ago*
I love giving gifts. I set a generous budget, check in with them if they have a
particular want, and spend ages picking out the perfect thing from local
independents and crafters. I add in knitted and baked goods by me, and do
immaculate matching kraft wrapping with tiny Christmas bells and gold
calligraphy. It’s my favourite thing about Christmas.
Receiving gifts is my least favourite thing. Just buy me nice socks and let me
open them privately please.
[–] MsKrueger 41 points 20 hours ago
Please tell me your loved ones appreciate you.

[–] Calypte 58 points 1 day ago
Christmas got better when my family stopped insisting on doing a gift exchange. That
was about the only good thing to come out of the Great Recession.
[–] Enconhun 213 points 1 day ago
I straight up told my family "I do not want any gifts, and I will not buy anyone any gifts.
Leave me out of the gifting". exactly because this BS.
I may be an asshole, but I don't care, gifts are supposed to be gifts. I buy gifts at other
totally random times, and I can tell, those are 1000 times better than the Christmas
ones.
[–] sikkerhet 145 points 1 day ago
I tried this and they gave me gifts anyway and then I was the asshole somehow for
not getting anything for them
[–] Enconhun 80 points 1 day ago
Just say "I told you I don't want anything, and you should NOT get me anything"
if they still want to give you the gift and it's obvious they are upset, just accept
the gift with a smile and go on with your day.
Maybe it's just me, but I don't tolerate passive agressive bullshit, and by now
my family knows it. Some of them told me they don't like me they way I am, but
guess what, we are people, we are different, it's not a requirement that you
MUST like me, even if I'm a family member.
[–] AlarmingBird 25 points 1 day ago
This. It's one thing to get someone presents on their own special day, like a birthday,
baby shower, wedding etc. But it's weird as an adult to give a present to someone
because they are going to give something to you. I guess if you are crafty you can make
something, but I am not crafty nor do I appreciate crafty things so it's usually just me
crossing my fingers that they got something that I actually want/need.
[–] Arthrine 132 points 1 day ago
That every place that I actually want to go to is closed.

[–] Back2Bach 376 points 1 day ago
People's expectations - the "give me/get me" mentality of Christmas gift-giving.

[–] NoOneBeatsMyMeat 1687 points 1 day ago
The music . . .
[–] ryunik 969 points 1 day ago
YES. My wife doesn't understand, since it is only played a couple months out of the year.
I had to explain it came from years of working in retail. The same 12 songs played on
repeat for 8+ hours a day. Every. Single. Day. I can't stand the music anymore.
[–] muscledhunter 508 points 1 day ago
Just the other day, I went out shopping for the first time this holiday season. We
walked in, and Jingle Bell Rock was playing in the store. My first thought was, "God,
I'm SO DAMN SICK OF HEARING THIS SONG!"
Then I realized it's actually the 1st time I even heard it since last year. It doesn't
matter. I've had my fill for life.
[–] AlreadyShrugging 170 points 23 hours ago
I honestly hate Jingle Bell Rock over all other Christmas songs. It's awful and I
want every copy of that song stricken from this universe!
[–] Not_Disco_Spider 43 points 21 hours ago
Just grab your handy-dandy Infinity Gauntlet and with a snap of your fingers
- presto -no more Jingle Bell Rock!
[–] maddiethehippie 147 points 1 day ago
rudolph makes me homicidal for this very reason. retail ptsd

If rudolph makes you homicidal, I can't imagine what Santa Baby does...
[–] downvotethechristian 120 points 1 day ago
When I worked in retail I almost quit by the fifth time I heard "Last
Christmas".
[–] maddiethehippie 42 points 1 day ago
Luckily I got the chance to manage that store and could regulate it's
start for after Thanksgiving. Husband nicknamed me the Grinch.
[–] MangoMambo 39 points 21 hours ago
So about 20 minutes into your shift?

Santa Baby really makes me uncomfortable, there's one version where
there is a dude singing it and for some reason makes it even creepier. I
don't want it to be because it's a guy singing it, but, it just is.
[–] mmm_unprocessed_fish 135 points 1 day ago
I liked Christmas okay before I worked retail.

[–] arnold-arburrito 84 points 1 day ago
this! working in retail you see the gross underbelly of christmas bringing out the
worst in people
[–] hpotter29 30 points 21 hours ago
How many Christmases have you personally "runied" according to random

customers? I've singlehandedly destroyed about 100.
[–] Sullivanthehedgehog 79 points 1 day ago
Now imagine this, I worked at a movie rental store, and we would watch Elf on
repeat starting in the middle of November.
You poor soul. How are you doing now? Recovering well?
Music on constant repeat has been used as a torture device before.

[–] LilyKnightMcClellan 171 points 1 day ago
All the noise noise noise noise!

[–] Nash_Rambler 70 points 23 hours ago
Let's be fair - those Who instruments are pretty damn obnoxious.

[–] TheDragonLake 56 points 21 hours ago
He can hear it ontop of a mountain for fuck's sake

[–] PsychicOtter 120 points 1 day ago
Even worse if you're around someone who only listens to Christmas music during the
season. Every time you get in the car or they put on music in the house, it's like all the
other music in existence went away, because it's Christmas. Music. Only.
And there's only so many actual different songs, so you're likely just hearing the same
songs every hour but covered by a different artist.
[–] DaphidraTalyn 46 points 22 hours ago
That's my problem with it too. There's a local radio station that turns to just
Christmas music during the holidays, and it's the same 8 songs just sung by
different people. My husband and I have a holiday Pandora channel, but it's full of
some of the most obscure songs 'What You Want for Christmas' by Quad City DJ's.
We both worked retail for too many years to tolerate normal songs.
[–] bobaganoush3499 67 points 20 hours ago
Seriously, fuck Paul McCartney and his wonderful Christmas time song. Makes me fume
[–] 1101010010010101100 140 points 21 hours ago
Mariah Carey, All I Want For Christmas Is You, is one of the many songs that makes me
want to split my wrist with a dull and rusty butterknife...
[–] BradC 30 points 1 day ago
I worked in a music store for a few years, and we had to play exclusively Christmas
music from the day after Thanksgiving until the day after Christmas.
I left that job almost 20 years ago, and it's only in the last 2 or 3 years that I can enjoy
occasional amounts of it at home with my wife and kids.
[–] hello-this-is-gary 56 points 1 day ago
Once upon a time had a job as a maintenance guy for a pretty upscale hotel.
The moment black Friday rolled around management would switch the lobby and
hallway speakers that normally played unintrusive soft piano music over to a holiday
music track.
The same 20 Christmas songs on a loop, playing 23 hours a day 7 days a week for the
entire month of December and not going away until New Years.
I hate Christmas music now.
[–] manawesome326 46 points 23 hours ago
The standards for music drop so dramatically around Christmas, as seeing as there's
less music total more of a finite selection is likely to be garbage. Thus why, in order for
lists to not be 3 songs long, stores include some awful music.
[–] hotcake911 186 points 1 day ago
The god-damned rhyming commercials. Just kill me

[–] jacensolo121 [S] 168 points 1 day ago
Happy honda days, lol

[–] hotcake911 58 points 1 day ago
Haha! That is a horrible commercial too. I’m never gonna get a car with a big bow !
[–] thespawnkiller 313 points 1 day ago
Traffic. I work next to a mall. Pain in the ass to get home with all the morons out buying
presents.
YES! I used to live on an Island with not much space, traffic was always bad but near
the holidays it was insane
Because it just creeps earlier and earlier and earlier each and every fucking year. I saw
Christmas decorations and heard carols before Halloween this year. My attitudes about
several things have also changed over the years such as consumerism. I have completely
soured on the concept of filling my life with possessions and Christmas has become a
consumerist gift giving orgy.
There are ways I would love to celebrate Christmas, but the prevailing culture of the people
in my workplace, family life, community, etc are all for the materialistic ways of celebrating
Christmas.
[–] JohnDeeIsMe 304 points 1 day ago
Because I am from Florida. We don't do snow, snow men, snow angels, yellow snow, any
snow. We do however receive thousands of snow birds that make living here harder. We
don't do caroling. We don't do hot cocoa and slay rides.
But we also have to listen to the cheesy music for 2 solid months. Then the day after
Christmas actually begins (its a 12 day feast!), all the Christmas stuff goes into the trash.
Then you realize it wasn't about baby Jesus at all. It was a religious feast that was basically
injected with steroids by a culture obsessed with disposable goods and emotional
manipulation to make you feel a certain way. None of it feels right.
[–] erebus843 171 points 21 hours ago
We don't do hot cocoa and slay rides.

I think in Florida you take bath salts instead of cocoa if you want to slay someone/thing.
[–] CaptainUnusual 17 points 18 hours ago
Californian here. I grew up thinking of snowy winters and white christmases the same
way I thought about Hogwarts or Azeroth. Obviously not real, but fun to pretend about.
[–] MasterofPandas1 130 points 1 day ago
When I was 8 my parents divorced and from that point on while I was growing up all I
wanted is them back together for Christmas (and Thanksgiving). Eventually as I got older I
accepted that's never going to happen, but having to have that experience every year while
I was going through the tough pain of the divorcement made me an anti-Christmas person.
I wouldn't say I hate it per say, but I definitely am not a fan and wish we could skip over it
most years. I do like the Christmas lights in people's yards though.
[–] Stabiel 263 points 1 day ago
People spending money they don't have to equate it to happiness.

[–] Lady_Ange 28 points 18 hours ago
The only advantage in giving gifts to kids when they are so young (mine are 2 and 4) is
you can guy them something you paid $2 for and they will think it's just as good as the
thing their grandparents paid $200 for.
I'm sure one day the $200 gift will be in the wrong colour, or the wrong brand and send
them into an ungrateful spiral, and it will be money I don't want to spend anyway for
that exact reason. Really hoping I can raise them to be super grateful for the $2 gift
that was never theirs to demand anyway.
[–] fibropainonmybrain 228 points 23 hours ago
I grew up with divorced parents so I've never thought of Christmas as a happy holiday.
[–] curlyq222 113 points 21 hours ago
Agree. Just another day of the year for them to scream at each other and argue over
who is taking the kids at one time and who got which kid what to look like a better
parent, and then you just feel terrible and start crying, and then they say you’re ruining
Christmas.
[–] frozennie 42 points 17 hours ago
And now, as an adult, it's a big competition to see who can convince me to come to
their house for Christmas Eve/Christmas Morning/Christmas Dinner. No matter what
I choose, somebody is offended and bitter.
[–] curlyq222 17 points 17 hours ago
Yup! My boyfriend and I both have divorced parents, so we basically rush

through our own Christmas celebration to get to their state and spend 4 days
driving. It is miserable and stressful.
[–] ariesbabeye 42 points 1 day ago
The Who hash

[–] AXXII_wreckless 44 points 22 hours ago
my birthday is 2 days after so a few would either forget or is over the whole gift giving thing
after xmas. growing up , my sister thought I was getting an extra present so my mom
started a tradition of her getting a present on my bday and me getting a present on her
bday. honestly the dumbest parenting thing ive thought of as a child. i never played with
the toys I got so it was a waste. but my sister was mad that I wasnt playing with it. for my
last child bday party I celebrated in january so that everyone was able to come and I got
gifts.
As an adult , ive realized that there isnt much I can do for my bday, cant travel because
flight tickets are twice the price because of the time of year and honestly it sucks a little .
last year I had to go to the dmv to get my license renewed. maybe I would just enjoy going
out to eat with friends or family. there were times I only asked for a cake
[–] agtbeanerokc 124 points 1 day ago
Family coming over

[–] MurphyBacon 139 points 1 day ago
Right? Who the hell made thanksgiving and Xmas only 5 weeks apart from each other? I
just saw all those assholes! Gimme a break!
[–] TabooWiseguy 64 points 20 hours ago
Capitalism
[–] 520mile 35 points 23 hours ago
Holiday Retail Hell ™ that may even start before Halloween

[–] alex878 756 points 1 day ago*
Teaches kids that rich kids are better because Santa gives them better presents. Also fails
to teach kids that their parents work hard to give them a gift and instead has them praising
a fake omnipotent being.
I actually enjoy Christmas because it’s an opportunity to spend time with loved ones and
show your appreciation in the form of a gift but the idea of Santa and lying to kids makes no
fucking sense to me
[–] LilyKnightMcClellan 355 points 1 day ago
I kinda hate that we go straight from being thankful for what we already have with
Thanksgiving, to making lists of things we want.
The Santa thing must be different for every kid/household though. If you don't make a
big deal out of it, your kid probably won't. I asked my kid what he wanted for Christmas
this year and he said, "Well, you already get me most everything I want, so I can't think
of anything. Maybe a big sketchbook? I finished my old one." I'm glad that child
recognizes he is spoiled as hell though lol because he is.
[–] Hypernova1912 186 points 23 hours ago
I kinda hate that we go straight from being thankful for what we already have
with Thanksgiving, to making lists of things we want.
You know what's even worse? We go straight from being thankful to buying
everything the next day.
[–] BlueFalcon3725 90 points 22 hours ago
Next day? Black friday starts during the early evening on Thanksgiving for most
places, and the day before for some.
[–] Jokoman444 95 points 1 day ago
My parents tell my brothers that we pay Santa a certain amount and he buys and makes
the presents they will like. It teaches them that we pay for the gifts, but I hear your
complaint about social class.
[–] peachypeachtea 115 points 1 day ago
I like that. We tell our kids that Santa fills the stockings and mom and dad buy the
gifts under the tree. Also, the tooth fairy doesn't take rotten or dirty teeth because
she has to recycle them for babies.
[–] mariahpariah 67 points 22 hours ago
The tooth fairy thing brought like, the most wicked grin to my face. I'll be using
that on my own kids someday. The stocking vs. tree bit is very cute too.
[–] BeaverKing50 74 points 21 hours ago
The grinch didn’t hate Christmas. He hated people, which is fair.

[–] thingpaint 28 points 16 hours ago
To be fair to the Grinch; the who's christmas seems hella anoying

[–] iamfranfine 135 points 1 day ago
Everything.
I don't want gifts and if I want to buy you something, I'll buy it and give it to you. I don't
need a reason.
Also, consumerism. I was always the poor kid in my friend group and people would be
bragging about their gifts and the money spent and it made me feel like shit.
Visiting family. No one is happy with your decision or seems to care that you've had to work
in multiple places, take time off, and travel. Skip Christmas? You never hear the end of it.
Nevermind people could come visit us.
Most Christmas music is garbage but people like it, I assume for nostalgic reasons. The few
good songs you only need to hear like twice and be done with it.
It's too stressful, it's expensive. I'd rather stay home and cuddle my pets.
The only good thing is the Thunder play on Christmas day so I have a reason to get away
from people.
Visiting family. No one is happy with your decision or seems to care that you've had
to work in multiple places, take time off, and travel. Skip Christmas? You never hear
the end of it. Nevermind people could come visit us.
I had to move across the country three years ago (super complicated situation far
beyond the scope of this thread). I have made a point to travel back at least twice a
year and put all that effort on myself. I also usually receive some form of passive-
aggressive comment about they weren't satisfied with the number of days/dates I was
able to beg/bribe/steal to get off to fly back out there.
Not once has anyone mentioned wanting to come out to visit me. Each time I mentioned
it and tried discussing helping them pay for it, it gets blown off.
[–] penhaloza 25 points 23 hours ago
Hypocrisy and the loneliness feeling

[–] ConCons_Husband 46 points 1 day ago
the cost
Hell yeah I come from a Big family (6) and always spent $100+ as a Kid
[–] Keinichn 45 points 1 day ago
I have to spend money to get people something they want while they spend money to get
me something I want. Why not just cut the bs and buy what you want for yourself? Use the
holiday to spend time with people instead.
Luckily my family and I have an understanding. I don’t get them anything and they don’t
get me anything. If they choose to get me something, and they have in the past, don’t get
angry when I don’t have anything for them. It’s worked out fine for the last decade or so. I
don’t have the same luck with the girlfriend’s family though. Typically I just buy what she
says to get them and put my name on it.
[–] meta_uprising 139 points 1 day ago
Commercialism and the gifts. I'd rather someone write me 3 sentences of just anything
relating to ourselves than some stupid gift. People want to be green but how much
electricity and plastic go into this holiday. If I lived in a country that gave workers time off
or at least more than a day which plenty don't even get. I could enjoy it more
[–] Oak987 154 points 1 day ago
Being green and not being able to blend with the snow. Everybody pointing at me and
making mean jokes. Oh how I miss the summer.
[–] InsaneLeader13 49 points 20 hours ago
I can't tell if this is Shrek's or the Grinch's reddit account.


[–] ProtectedCesc 21 points 1 day ago
The endless shopping trips

[–] DexterTheSeawolf 435 points 1 day ago
I think what I hate most about Christmas is how fake it all is. At its root it's a Christian
holiday superimposed on the Pagan holiday Yule / Saturnalia, and it's not about giving, it's
about exchanging. A bit long, but here's why imo Halloween is a much better holiday (taken
from a rant I sent a friend 2 months ago) (also, on mobile, Sorry about formatting) .
Halloween is my favorite holiday, I like it more than Christmas, and here's why - 1)
Halloween is about pure pleasure. Whether it's finding the adrenaline-fueled thrill of
haunted houses or scary movies, or dressing up with your friends and having a fun time- it's
pure pleasure. Whereas Christmas is more of a 'feels' holiday - sure it makes you feel warm
and fuzzy, but the do-good feeling comes with a social contract to maintain that jolly
attitude. A bad day on Christmas is 'bah humbug' a bad day on Halloween is whatever. . 2)
Halloween is just as much about selfless giving as Christmas (in the modern sense). You
literally go door-to-door asking for candy and the kind people that answer the door are not
only interested and intrigued by your costume, but are also happy to give out free candy.
Christmas, again, has the social contract - you get a present you need to act humbled, and
return them just as nice a gift, There's a guilt factor there of just recieving, which is
exclusively associated with Christmas. Halloween all some people do is recieve and nobody
bats an eye. . 3) If you don't like Halloween, fine, that's cool. Nobody cares. But if you don't
like Christmas - Bah Humbug, way to ruin the holiday spirit. People get overly protective of
"The Christmas Spirit" which brings me to my next point - . 4) Christmas is a really
exclusive holiday, and it can really bring out the worst in people. People get so worked up
about having 'the perfect Christmas', needing to find "the perfect gift" and they become
monsters. Granted, this is my first Christmas Season working in Retail, but I've seen
enough crazy people in stores around the holidays in order to prove this point. If it truly is
the "Season of Giving" why are you upset that you can't have it? . 5) Christmas movies and
music are either a) Religious b) family feel good or c) absolutely heart breaking. Halloween
movies can be a mix of anything... Religious, Scary, Funny, Family-Fun, etc. The music too
is a lot more exciting. I'll take "The Monster Mash" over "The Christmas Shoes" any day of
the week. . 6) Halloween is about being somebody or something else. It's an excuse to wear
crazy things or portray celebrities without being judged. Want to be slutty? Cool, go for it.
Want to be a Geek? Sure! Want to try-out that Cosplay? Why Not! (Note: Racial Stereotypes
are still offensive and are 'not cool') . So, keep the Weenie out of Halloween, do the mash
(the Monster Mash.... I hear it's a graveyard smash), dress up, have fun, and celebrate the
holiday that is solely based on guiltless giving and receiving, and being somebody you're
not. . Happy Halloween!
[–] doublestitch 114 points 1 day ago
Wow, that's a great way of putting it. Fellow Redditors, this wall of text has outstanding
bricks and mortar.
May I call upon you come February to rant against Valentine's Day?
[–] mmm_unprocessed_fish 54 points 1 day ago
Halloween and the Fourth of July were my favorite holidays as a kid, and they still are
today. No travel, no family obligations, no dressing up in stuffy church clothes, no huge
production of a meal like Christmas and Thanksgiving, just good food and friends. And
now that I'm an adult, throw some drinks in to that mix.
[–] Fatballerina90 44 points 1 day ago
Buying generic gifts for generic ppl. I mean having to buy gifts for distant friends/relatives u
don't know much about.
[–] Zedress 39 points 22 hours ago
My wife has a form of bipolar and Christmas is a huge trigger for her. Every year the manic
episodes get worse. Every year the cycles get worse. The highs higher; the lows lower. I'm
caught in the middle of a fucking meat grinder and I hate how it makes me feel like a
narcissistic piece of shit because I know she's going through even worse and can't control it
but I'm feeling sorry for myself because I am powerless to help her and everything I try to
do just seems to make it worse. Just fucking fuck Christmas.
[–] carbomerguar 17 points 17 hours ago
Christmas is a huge trigger for my depression, I know how she feels. I also know how
bad it is to try to hold it all together like you are doing. You aren't a narcissist and
you're allowed to have feelings!
I'm sure you have considered everything, so sorry to be presumptuous. But a change of
scenery has been helpful to me in the past. Can you guys do a trip somewhere next
year? Have that be your big gift? It's not all Christmas-in-your-face! 24/7 if you aren't in
America (idk if you're already lucky enough not to live in the US).
[–] Shitty_McFuckface 63 points 1 day ago
I don’t have any family or close friends so it’s a lonely time for me. For those who have
family to spend it with and get an opportunity to do fun things, I’m happy for them—but I’m
also jealous.
As it were, I work in a job that’s 24/7/365 and have to work on the holiday. People always
ask me if I’d rather be doing something else on Christmas. I would, but it’s not an option,
even if I had the day off. Leave me alone.
[–] stunnedbystonecold 22 points 22 hours ago
Everyone is always stressed out regardless of how hard they try to be festive. Like
decorating the Christmas tree should be fun, but no, it can be "fun" so long as the end
result is a flawlessly decorated masterpiece. Family dinners should be about coming
together, right? Fuck no, it's about serving the best fucking dinner you could ever serve and
you bet your ass you're going to be slaving away in the kitchen cooking and simultaneously
cleaning every nook and cranny in the goddamn house so everyone thinks your house is
ALWAYS that clean.
[–] ConnorOhpar 20 points 1 day ago
My dad hates christmas because his family was too poor to ever get his 6 siblings and him
anything.
[–] RocketcoffeePHD 22 points 22 hours ago
It's forced, it's fake, it's terrible for the environment, I hate groups, I hate alcohol, I hate
seeing people get in debt for it
[–] Adventure_Adam 159 points 1 day ago
The music is pretty bad honestly.

[–] massiveboner911 51 points 1 day ago
The forced gift giving. Way to commercialized.

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[–] DebatableJ 543 points 21 hours ago

The issue is, if my SO wants something

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Now you can hate Christmas all year long

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I'm a shite gift reciever and it stresses me out!

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The exchange of equal amounts of gift cards.

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[–] evilpotato1121 155 points 22 hours ago

To me, that type of thing can be good in 2 instances.

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