What are some year-end gift giving taboos?
Nancy Mitchell: Mistakes you want to avoid are trying to give something that is
specifically for Christmas or Hanukkah or kwanza. When you do not
understand that holiday or you do not know that person well enough to
know do they observe that holiday? How serious are they about their
religion? How do they celebrate in their own life? You are much safer by
giving a generic year-end gift that says I appreciate our friendship. I am
thanking you for something that s happen during the year. I want our
relationship to continue or you are giving gifts out of general goodwill.
Taboos include something that is too intimate. Do not give a gift that is
too personal; do not give a gift that is too expensive for the relationship. If
you have a casual friendship, obviously you are not going to spend $100
on a gift for someone whom you barely know. Use your common sense,
not too intimate, not too expensive and in good taste or go the generic rule
to where they can choose a gift that is appropriate for them and how you
show your sentiments is through that note that you will write that
accompanies the gift.
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