🎁 Holiday tipping I’m not skipping

This is Better Gift Coach, where mail carriers get their start as hand models.

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📊GIFT SCALE:

🎁THE GIFT:

The “essential services holiday" Gift

Content tags: less than $20, holiday tips

🌮WHY THIS GIFT IS GREAT:

• Practical & useful

• Recognizes someone whose contributions are often unsung

💡TIPS FOR YOUR GIFT:

• Here’s a list of suggested mail carrier gifts

• Handwritten cards & kids crafts are also appreciated

• Mail carriers aren’t the only folks to consider for holiday gifts

• Consider housekeepers, landscapers, babysitters, nannies, school teachers, dog walkers, barbers/hairdressers, personal trainers, doormen, sanitation workers, food delivers, etc. See WSJ’s Holiday Tipping Guide (who to tip, how much, when, etc.)

🤔GIFT BRAINSTORMING PROMPTS:

• Are there service workers in your life that you intend to give a holiday gift to this year? _____

▶️FORWARD THIS GIFT IDEA TO:

• Someone with a dog who barks at delivery workers

And introduce them to your favorite 1-minute a week shortcut to always having great gift ideas well in advance. They can read past editions and subscribe here.

🤓GIFT GIVING BY THE NUMBERS:

• According to the 2022 Deloitte holiday retail survey, shoppers plan to spend nearly a quarter of their holiday shopping budget in October (versus 18% in 2021) motivated by concerns over inflation and stockouts.

😆GIF/MEME:

My Mailman's Hands vs Winter

All the best,Patrick KucharsonBetter Gift Coach™

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