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The Most Precious Christmas Gift
By Audrey Sneddon

Christmas has become a holiday of gift giving and receiving. Billions of people, every year, spend billions of dollars on gifts for others. What can be more gracious and precious than that? Well, there are many who say that the true gift of Christmas isn't something that can be bought in stores, ordered from an infomercial, purchased on eBay, or put in a card. The true gift of Christmas is the actual act of giving out of love.

The Thin Line

Every year people scramble to find the perfect Christmas gift for everyone they know. They rampage through Christmas sales, and stampede through buy-one-get-one-free, they scream and scratch at anyone who has grabbed the last of something hard to get, they holler and yell and bite and kick…all for that one special Christmas gift. Despite how ‘wonderful' the gift buying experience is there is more to it than just getting something for everyone.

The true Christmas gift is given out of love not guilt. There are millions of people who give Christmas gifts simply because they are expected to. You have to get gifts for Uncle Bill, Aunt Mary, Cousin Eddie, and your distance cousin Brendan because they all gave gifts to you last year. Does anyone give gifts out of love anymore? That is hard to say. Sure, there are the truly humble, loving people out there that give because they can, and because they truly see a need. But how many of them give, not because they feel compelled, but because they love someone. I know that it is hard to see a distinction, but there is one, and I will endeavor to explain it to you.

Compelled?

To compel someone is to incite some kind of emotional response that another will feel obligated to fulfill. This means that if you give a gift to someone, they will feel compelled to give one back. If you hurt someone's feelings, you feel compelled to right the wrong. These are both basically selfish reasons. But if you love someone, you will want to express that love by giving them something even if there really isn't a reason. Love is a powerful emotion with powerful effects. Loving someone enough to buy them a Christmas gift, especially when one isn't required, expected, or guilt induced, is a beautiful thing.

Before you head out on Black Friday to haggle among the other gaggles of credit card wielding hordes, you should probably take some time to discover the true motives behind your trek into dangerous shopping ground. Is it love or guilt that compels you?

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Audrey Sneddon, copywriter for various websites including, Christmas and The A to Z of.

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