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Tenpoundbass
2022 Dec 26, 11:37am
Tenpoundbass
2022 Dec 26, 11:37am
I thought boxing day was a day for folks to return their unwanted gifts and trade them for something they want.
Seem the British, don't have to put much thought into the gifts that they chose, it's the value that is important. A $20 gift gets exchanged for something valued $20, while $1000 gift fetches $1000 value.
It's quite different than here in America, where we take great care to remove all price tags, and where you got it. But it does seem with the Millennial generation, gifts have become more transparent, so the receiver can return them. Some people are even gifted the receipt to make it easier to exchange if so desired. Or they tell the giver what it is that they want, so they know the value already.
Seem the British, don't have to put much thought into the gifts that they chose, it's the value that is important. A $20 gift gets exchanged for something valued $20, while $1000 gift fetches $1000 value.
It's quite different than here in America, where we take great care to remove all price tags, and where you got it. But it does seem with the Millennial generation, gifts have become more transparent, so the receiver can return them. Some people are even gifted the receipt to make it easier to exchange if so desired. Or they tell the giver what it is that they want, so they know the value already.
Your Monday morning briefing...If you live in the UK or British Commonwealth countries, today is a holiday called Boxing Day. I lived through ten of those holidays in Australia and South Africa. I never quite understood what the holiday was all about. I decided to go in-depth on this matter. One version says that this day was a day when households gave envelopes with cash and small gifts to domestic employees and other employees in the household. Another version said that gifts were given around Christmas Day to close family members. On Boxing Day, gifts were given to friends and workmates.
Enjoy your day off today. If you live in a British-tradition country, you have another holiday coming tomorrow.
Be careful out there!
Stay "Far from the madding crowd."
Amo-a,
-JackW