As the festive season comes around once again, people flock to shops to get their decorations, food, and presents for everyone and their dogs/cats/whatever pets they have. A fun time of year where everyone gets together and celebrates all the good things in life. Even though COVID has gotten in the way, surely there's some normality to this... right?
Well, yes there is, good person!
That one normality that always affects at least 20%* of people..... Christmas present picking!
*Note - That number is made up, I didn't look up anything for this statistic,
The struggle to choose a gift for the people in your life you wanna show some love. That one decision is 10x worse than choosing for someone's birthday. If you muck up a birthday, you know you've got a chance to redeem next year. Mucking up Christmas however, you'd be off the invite list for anything major for a long while.
This struggle is what I know all. too. well.
Now, to admit to a crime, I am one of those people who usually buys the majority of gifts last minute. No matter if it's a birthday, party, Christmas, whatever, I tend to not buy them months in advance unless it's staring me right in the face. I've been lucky this year as I've been able to prep early, but it's still a rare occurrence (and circumstances haven't helped too much either).
Have I always been like this? Yes. Will I still continue like this through adulthood? Most likely. I simply cannot picture how someone can be so organised to order and prepare literally months in advance gifts for all of their nearest and dearest.
My friend on the other hand (one I have yet to mention who is like a sister to me) is a very, VERY organised person. She has days already planned out from the get-go, a diary filled to the brim with things, a room so tidy (when she isn't doing artwork) that you can practically see her OCD come through. If we plan to meet up for the day, we have a very good schedule to keep up with, making it both fun and productive!
When it comes to gifts on her end.... she is the exact opposite of me. She preps months in advance what she wants to give and how to give it. It's hard enough trying to make sure I'm prepped, but knowing that she already knows how unorganised I am makes it all pile on.
While I might've beaten her giving her a gift this year, I was already aware of what she wanted to give me since May/June this year, simply because it's a handmade gift and needed a few things sorting (I'll show you it once I get it). The spectrum of present giving is always gonna be more towards one side or the other. You can never have a neutral.
But that's the fun of the time of year. The hunt for that one gift you can call adequate. The fight for what food to get in, who likes what, which place to shop, etc. The festive season is all about this sort of stuff.
While I might not be able to see as many friends this year due to circumstances, I will be making sure that I send as many wishes as possible to them.
-R (17/12/2020)
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