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Dear Dot,
While there are things I love about the holidays, the rampant consumerism depresses me. But friends and family still expect me to give them something. Any suggestions?
—Steph
Dear Steph,
When Dot was a poorly compensated editor early in my career at a magazine in Toronto, I loved a vintage store in Kensington Market. One day, I found a pair of pre-owned Levi’s jeans — heavy and thick, made of 100% denim that could have stopped a bullet. They fit like they’d been tailor-made.
My friend Angie coveted these jeans. But they were mine, and I loved them.
When the holidays rolled around, however, I wondered what I might give my friend, who worked at a law firm and had the salary to be a generous gift-giver. My bank balance was more depressing than a Toronto bar at 2 a.m.
And so, in some late-20th-century version of The Gift of the Magi, I carefully wrapped those Levi’s and gave them to Angie. She was thrilled, which delighted me.
There are many ways in which you might enjoy the pleasure of giving thoughtful gifts with none of the ick of overspending or overconsuming, from shopping your home (did you know more than 90% of people say they’re a-okay with a second-hand gift?), to gifts of experience, to recycled toys, to … the list goes on. Keen for ideas? Keep reading.
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