Have you noticed that at this time of year - this being the Season of Giving - everything makes a great gift?

I guess I’m weird. I start Christmas shopping in October. Sometimes August. I find that perfect gift early on an save it for when Christmas actually rolls around. So sometimes I feel left out when I see something that “makes a great gift” and I think, “HEY yeah! That really does make a great gift!”

Too bad I already spent $29.95 on that special someone. And then I think, well, it’s only XX amount of dollars. Why not? This is where I fall into the Excessive Christmas Buying Syndrom. Since everything makes a great gift I figure, what the hell. And then I realize my child is completely spoiled and has a pile of presents under the tree. And I’ve way overspent.

But oh well. Christmas is only once a year, right? That magical time of year when Ginsu knives make a great gift. Because we all need a set of knives that cut through aluminum cans (since we do that so often in the kitchen).

Calphalon pots and pans make a great gift - and if you spend $400 you get a free saucepan. You can’t afford NOT to!

Your man’s favorite cologne comes in a nifty gift package complete with aftershave and lotion for the low, low price of $75. But because it makes a great gift you can’t not buy it. Even though you’d only spend $45 on the regular spray bottle of cologne.

You decide to get your mom a digital photo frame but if you spend another $25, you get a free memory card because it makes a great gift.

You remember your friends addicted to coffee and, even though you’ve already bought them a gift, you decided to get a $15 gift card to Starbucks for them. It’s only another $15, right? And anyway it makes a great gift.

But have you ever bought a Chia Pet because it makes a great gift? I’ve never ever received one of these. I can’t imagine thinking, “Hm. Uncle Bob would really love to have a Chia Pet for Christmas and it really does make a great gift,” as I reach for the package with the picture of the large mass of green growing on top of the head of the whatever-it-is.

Can’t think of anything else to get your buddy? Then just go to any old restaurant or store and get a gift card because, as we all know, gift cards make a great gift. (Personally, I love gift cards… it’s the gift you can pick out for yourself.)

What about the gifts that keep on giving? You think people really think that shit when they go shopping? I’m starting to think the Chia Pet not only makes a great gift, but it’s the gift that keeps on giving, too.

You know what I think makes a great gift and is the gift that keeps on giving? This:

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…wrapped up under my tree. Yeah, baby. He may look like nice, but I bet naughty is just waiting to come out. And I’m just the gal for the job. :thumb:

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