Have you started your Christmas shopping yet? Some of you are done already (you know who you are). We don’t usually even start until December, but this year with all the supply chain shortages and shipping delays, we thought we’d better hop on the train early.
A lot of our shopping is done from the comfort of our living room, but I remember the days before Amazon and online shopping. Our kids were young and we’d hire a baby sitter to come for an entire day so we could go out to a mall and get all the shopping done in one fell swoop. It was exhausting! It was fun!
Have you ever considered how streaming content digitally has ruined Christmas shopping? Think about it. You used to be able to buy DVDs for people, but now everyone can stream the video content they want. You used to be able to buy music CDs for people, but now they just stream it from Spotify. You used to be able to buy books for people, but now, many people prefer digital audiobooks. Down with streaming!
I don’t really mean that, of course. We enjoy being able to stream content ourselves. And you can actually purchase streaming or digital content to give to someone – I’ve done it – but it’s not nearly as fun!
My favorite kind of gift to give is an unexpected one. It’s great to shop off of a list, and we use them heavily in our family but I also love to find something that’s not on the list – a surprise! And hopefully a good one. There’s always a risk involved in that kind of giving since your gift might bomb. But it might be a big hit, too.
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I’ll probably delete this in the morning – digitally, of course.
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