🎁 Surprise that’ll 3x Grinch’s Heart

This is Better Gift Coach, where we ask you would-you-rather’s that’ll add instant perspective to your holidays…while keeping it light and fluffy.

Would you rather: receive 0 gifts this season - or - skip your favorite holiday tradition?

Estimated read time: 1 minute & 59 seconds

📊GIFT SCALE:

🎁THE GIFT:

The “recreating a family tradition" Gift

Content tags: less than $20, group, experience, tradition

🌮WHY THIS GIFT IS GREAT:

• Heartwarming gesture of welcoming

• Surprise that’s not likely to be a dud

• Favorite holiday traditions are gifts themselves

• Most traditions aren’t too difficult/expensive to replicate (and many are fun)

💡TIPS FOR YOUR GIFT:

• Now is the time to sneakily ask about someone’s family traditions

• Not just an idea for the holidays and/or for S.O.’s and in-laws, this gift also works for birthdays and friends living away from home

Don’t limit your brainstorming to recreating someone’s tradition…also consider creating new traditions (traditions, no matter their origin, make awesome gifts)

New holiday tradition ideas:

• “Experience” gift ideas

• Silly holiday tradition ideas (really fun read)

• Ideas for new holiday traditions after a death

I personally really like these tradition ideas:

• Calling/hosting a friend to wrap gifts together

• "Each year, we cut a round off of the bottom of our Christmas tree. We label it with the year. Over time, it's made for a sweet display/reminder of years past." – u/SARstar367

• "Every Christmas, the kids in the house have wrapping paper put over the entrances to their rooms so they get to rip through it in the morning!" – u/Essendxle

🤔GIFT BRAINSTORMING PROMPTS:

• Can you recreate someone’s family’s holiday tradition? ______

• What new holiday traditions (could be simple) do you want to start this year? ______

▶️FORWARD THIS GIFT IDEA TO:

• Newlyweds

• New parents

• Parents hosting their children’s spouse

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

😆GIF/MEME:

All the best,Patrick KucharsonBetter Gift Coach™

P.S. Here’s another of my FAQ’s from last week’s article in The New York Times.

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