[arandr0x]

I use all the gifts I receive due to never buying myself anything, but this is definitely an issue I can see. I have spent countless Christmases telling family to donate to charities (and provided a list), buy me food (specific foodstuffs) and in one instance organized Christmas and said they could bring booze and desserts and nothing else.

And they kept on with the (bulky, usually mass-produced) gifts.

I don't hate gifts. But I would love a way to share that ritual with people without encouraging consumption. One problem I've had is the alternatives I suggest, like food, some people don't think cost enough money so they don't like giving it. Are there expensive consumables that people would feel higher status giving?

[javagram]

> Are there expensive consumables that people would feel higher status giving?

Wine and liquor seem the obvious ones to me. There’s some pretty expensive stuff out there.

That said if you’re not a heavy drinker you might find trouble getting rid of those too :-) I’ve been given liquor a few times and it has a tendency to sit in the cabinet since I don’t drink much.