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TheLovelyLady71 · Hermes

Christmas Gifts At Work

blubirde · Chanel

At my job it is made very clear who you get presents for and who you don't. (I'm not on the receiving end, I assure you.) So I'm preparing my 4 gifts this weekend I guess. Bleh. I hate being forced to give presents.

All that said, I don't think you have to give presents. The 4 people in our office we have to give presents to don't have to give any in return (and never do), and it's no big deal. No one even expects a present in return. Besides, if a person does expect a present in return, screw 'em. They probably don't deserve one.

TheLovelyLady71 · Hermes

LOL You are SO right, esp. if they expect a gift in return! LOL

blubirde wrote:

At my job it is made very clear who you get presents for and who you don't. (I'm not on the receiving end, I assure you.) So I'm preparing my 4 gifts this weekend I guess. Bleh. I hate being forced to give presents. All that said, I don't think you have to give presents. The 4 people in our office we have to give presents to don't have to give any in return (and never do), and it's no big deal. No one even expects a present in return. Besides, if a person does expect a present in return, screw 'em. They probably don't deserve one.

bex · Chanel

i don't work in an office. but i am just giving to my boss and two co-workers who were really there for me this year at work.

edited to add: don't feel like you need to give this person a gift just because she gave you one. i really like to give things to people and i never expect something in return!

-- Edited by bex at 14:53, 2005-12-15

NCshopper · Hermes

Apparently, long before I started working there, my office used to have a HUGE problem with gift-giving. I guess for every birthday and holiday gifts were given to everyone. Now it's specified in our Personnel and Policy Manual that everyone gets one ice cream cake and a card for their birthday and that's it. No other gifts. At first I thought it was so weird, but it's actually REALLY nice to have this kind of thing outlined so no one has to feel guilty about it.

Anyway, I'd get the gifts for the people you want to/need to get gifts and I'd make a ton of sugar cookies, decorate them, and give those to the people that you weren't planning on giving a gift to, but who got you a gift.