Someone asked me what I want for Christmas. I sat around, humming and hawing, saying idiotic things like, "Duuurrrrrrrr, weeeellllllll, ummmmmmmmmmm. I - uh - don't really need anything."
Here's the thing - I don't really need anything. I thought very hard about what I might like. Someone was offering to give me whatever my little heart desired (for free!), and my heart desired no material thing.
I think I might have grown up this year.
If there is some relative or friend who is generous enough to actually desire to give me a gift this Christmas (Thank you!), let me make it very easy for you. Instead of taking the time to think about what I might like, then driving to the mall, then spending four hours looking for parking, then fighting with eight old ladies who also want the very last item of the thing-a-ma-junk you are buying, then driving across town to try to find the thing-a-ma-junk at another store (because the old lady with the sideburns beat you out; what a scrapper), then wrapping it in pretty paper and a big bow, please just use that time to come over for coffee and spend some time with me. It's what I really want.
If this notion of spending-time-not-money makes you uncomfortable and you really really really really need to buy something to feel like you've done your job, I respect that. I recommend donating to a charity, such as this one.
But honestly, I would rather just have a coffee with you.
Happy Holidays
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