do you like to give or receive gifts at Christmastime?
916675
i love giving presents. to see their faces when they see what i got for them.
706555
My favorite gift for Christmas was a Chocolate Bar from my grandfather one year. He did not have a lot of money & I didn't expect anything from him. But for him to buy a chocolate bar & wrap it meant so much to me. It was many yrs. ago but I still remember to this day how special that was. Its the thought not the gift.
111316
i like Christmas the best b/c u get the day off and u get presents and u get good food ;)
877898
I go to my grandma's house every year.My whole dad's side of the family is there. We all wait until midnight, and then exchange all of the presents.  Happy Thanksgiving! and Merry Christmas!
961307
I think that is a really nice idea - besides, that way you know that the person/people receiving it are needy. And you can witness their joy from afar when you know who recieved the gift. What a thoughtful gift.
807472
I have done both but this year I am seriously thinking of doing the gift card thing again at Best Buy...I won't be able to get presents until next Friday so I sure do not wanna have to go out and shop in the mob!
812257
Hohoho :)\nTry shopping for christmas cards online. Some do personalized cards.
398461
Christmas, when our lord was born, it is also a good time to spend with your family and of course giving gifts, i love the christmas spirit, i also believe in god and the lord jesus christ, and that christmas is a special time and day, jesus b-day!
743252
Exactly how i feel. Everywhere i go People ask me what i want. Last year i was all into the gifts but it seems in the last year i just value having my family together more than any gift. I am tired of hearing about presents. I just decided to tell my family to give the money for my presents to a charity.
854098
the do posadas every night in December. and they open x-mas gifts the night of the December 24. weird huh..
2054
No Way !!    Family and Friends will give you one gift and say ---"Here is your Birthday AND Christmas Gift" --  You are getting ripped of 50% of your gift getting !!!
943270
Before Christmas we decorate the house and ride around to see people's Christmas lights. And we shop the big sales, of course. My family usually stays home and gives eachother presents for Christmas. Then we have dinner. After Christmas family visits us or we visit them. We also go to after Christmas sales.
730079
Traditionally, it is supposed to be the season of giving. To give unconditionally, as Christ gave his life for us. However, lately it seems too many times, to be the season of going into debt, and getting stressed out over what gift to give whom. It seems to be more about commercialism than anything else. My wish for this year, is for my friends and family to give something that money can't buy! Give someone the gift of friendship, the gift of time, or just the gift of knowing that we love each other dearly. I challenge all of you out there to do the same! Volunteer your time to a worthwhile cause, instead of going to the mall! Doing a good deed is a great gift, and it doesn't have to be wrapped! Happy Holidays to everyone!
928152
YES.\n\nSEVERAL YEARS AGO, AT CHRISTMAS TIME, SOME FRIENDS AND I WENT TO THE STORE AND BOUGHT FOOD, HYGIENE PRODUCTS, AND OTHER NECESSITIES AND WENT TO THIS MAN'S HOUSE.  IT WAS PRACTICALLY FALLING DOWN.  HIW MOTHER WAS BED RIDDEN, AND HE WAS VERY POOR.  WE DELIVERED THE MERCHANDISE TO HIM, ALONG WITH SOME MONEY.  HE WAS VERY APPRECIATIVE FOR THE GIFT.
833090
I'm from America, and our personal tradition is to go over to my parents or brothers house on Christmas Eve for dinner, family time, and opening gifts. Christmas morning, I try to wake up before the kids so we can watch them get excited by all the gifts 'Santa' left them in the night. Then, for the noon meal, my in-laws come over and we have more family time and opening gifts. Probably pretty similar to many Americans - very basic.\nOne thing our neighborhood does (on the 23rd this year) is have luminaries. It spans several blocks and the streets are closed to traffic, and the sight is really beautiful. It's a tradition that has been around since before I was born - there are carriage rides and hot cocoa and cookies in the park, and some people go caroling. \nMerry Christmas!
731008
Now that's the part of Christmas that gets me going. I love seeing a happy response to thoughtful gift.  It really is all in the giving!
23340
You know you seem to have based your idea of a good Christmas on what you received.... What did you give?\n I received three very thoughtful gifts and spent the day with my two oldest granddaughters,husband, daughter and son in law and could not have been a better day.