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Four Questions To Help Make You a Better Gift Giver This Holiday Season
Even for last minute shoppers
There is one question that every adult dreads during the holiday season — What do you want for Christmas? This question elicits inward groans for a number of reasons. Most adults have no problem buying themselves whatever their heart desires. If something caught your eye this year, you likely bought it already. There is also the worry about asking for a gift that is too large. You might want a new iPad and didn’t buy it for yourself because of the cost but it would be awkward to ask your sister-in-law for expensive tech. That leaves most adults scrambling for some benign answer to this question, which leaves everyone unsatisfied.
Also, if you simply get someone exactly what they asked for, are you any better than some living, breathing Amazon wish list? What is the fun of getting someone exactly what they asked for? At that point, you might as well hand them a bundle of cash and tell them to go to town.
So, instead of asking your friends and relatives what they want for Christmas, try to work these questions into your conversation instead. Questions like these can help you gain valuable insights into what kinds of gifts they might actually enjoy without asking that question.
