The problem with stockings is that they can’t stuff themselves. All those candy canes and chocolate oranges at the checkout line — why not pick one up as a sign of your exceptional generosity? Here’s the snag: Those extra little gifts can actually diminish the value of the main present you bought.
It’s Christmas morning, and you open a box to find a cashmere sweater. The sweater feels plush and expensive, and you feel grateful. But then, underneath the sweater, you find a packet of Hershey’s kisses. Technically, you have been given more, but now the sweater may seem a little less exciting. Why?
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Interesting. I like to fill the stockings, but do so with lots of thought. The one who likes to cook gets nice small kitchen things, the one who likes olives gets all sorts of olives, etc. My family looks forward to the stockings, but they know that there will be small "treasures" there that took plenty of work and love to pull together.
We're selfish overindulged ingrates. That's why.
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