Dec 20 2007
Giving Cash as Christmas Gift
I was following a Yahoo Answers! discussion on whether or not it is bad to give cash as a gift for Christmas. The two main reasons against giving cash were:
1. Cash is impersonal, it’s more thoughtful to pick out a gift for someone
2. If you give a certain amount to someone it creates the expectation that they should give the same to you.
Today I got a card with cash in it, and I thought it was the coolest thing. My teeth are about to fall off from all the candy canes people have been dropping off for me so the cash was actually more personal than impersonal. And the fact that my friend did not worry about me feeling pressured to give a gift of same value to her makes it even cooler.
Here’s to the best gift I got this season:
46 responses so far
Heck yeah, I love cash!
Cash is inappropriate in my point of view. At least, give a gift card. It shows that you know which brand the receiver usually uses.
Yes, its inappropriate, when you giving money as a gift, it shows that you are not creative!
After I picked out a gift for each of my in-laws they collectively sent me a check. They told me in a typed letter that they didn’t know what to get me. It was very impersonal and really hurtful. I decided to send the money back since it misses the point of Christmas gifts anyway.
Needless to say, I will not be giving gifts to them next year.
It is more impersonal, but the advantage is that it can be used on the gift like.
I agree with user: car hire athens, its inappropriate, when you giving money as a gift, it shows that you are not creative!
Yeah real gifts are best. Cash never makes sense since the other person might wind up giving you cash so it winds up cancelling each other out. LOL
I think money with a card is a nice gesture, it stops the rubbish presents and allows you to put it towards something.
Exactly, every year I get a present that I have to “pretend to use”, even though I don’t like it or I have no use for it. Just give money, the love is still there people!
I think cash is the wrong idea. You need to give a gift from the heart. I think this is best idea to go with. Cash is just wrong for a gift.
Wow, I love cash!
men love money for christmas. woman hate it. its that simple.
Cash is a good gift until the age of 16. After that it’s just like someone’s telling me how “young” i am. I mean, if you want to send me “grownup money” you’d better put in that envelope a MasterCard ( or Visa).
Cheers !
Lucian
It’s a tradition to give cash in a lot of cultures. It’s a sign of helping the person out as in a wedding and the favor is returned. You can’t just based the idea that giving cash is bad. For my wedding, I was given money by my relatives and guests to help pay for the wedding. In turn, I give money when I attend weddings. It’s a culture of being dependent on others, not an independent ideology. God put us on each to see each other through, not see through each other.
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I think giving cash is a little impersonal but I prefer it. When people ask me what i want for birthday/Christmas then I never know so I can’t expect other people to know what to get me when I don’t even know. It means I can wait and see something I really want and will use then I can go back to them and say this is what I got with your money. Also in the case of Christmas everything is over priced before and after getting a gift that had parts missing we took it back on boxing day only to find it was £50 cheaper so instead of getting ripped off like that again I get money to spend in the sales so it saves a lot of money too.
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I love cash usually each relative gives me 50 bucks or an iTunes card and I’m 14 lol my parents don’t giv cash they get me a snowmobile, iPod, xbox, or sum thing last year I got 2 snowmobiles a laptop and iPad and iPod. This year they getting me an xbox, so cash is good for relatives but not from parents. Also when they buy u a gift it’s worth more!
I’m sick of the shitty lists my stepkids giving me. They’re in their twenties and I’m appalled at what they think we should buy them. Plus, when I do go outside of their lists they typically don’t like my choices, despite my awesome taste. Screw them! None of them have the money to buy the items on their lists and I feel insulted that they should expect me to. So guess what? This year, they’re getting cash and if they want to blow their $150 on an ugly sweater, they can do that. I’ll still buy little things for them all, but I’m sure they’ll have some rude look for those things too..
Not so evil, awesome, unappreciated stepmom.
I wouldn’t be bothered at all, too, with receiving cash for Christmas. It might be a bit impersonal, yes. But that’s just from my point of view. Some people actually think it’s more considerate since you avoid the hassle of giving someone something he/she doesn’t appreciate at all. So if someone gives me cash, I just think that he/she probably couldn’t figure out what I like, so he/she is giving me the option to buy whatever I want for myself.
A gift is a gift! Whether it is in the form of a toy, candy, film, CASH… you name it, it is still a gift.
Take what you get and be happy!
Happy holidays!
I always end up with clothes I will never wear and gifts I will never use. I think cash is better. That way you can pick the gift you really like. If there is something that person really wants though that is a different story. I absolutely hate gift cards because you often don’t know how much is on there and you are forced to shop at that store and buy only the things they offer. There have been times when I have held onto a gift card so long the store went out of business before I was able to use it or it expired. I have also held onto them so long they were misplaced. At least with money you can spend it anywhere.
I think cash is very appropriate in our day and age. Given that there are so many choices of mass-produced items nowadays, it’s also a gift to let the recipient have the joy of picking and choosing their own items through window shopping (or even e-window shipping).
Unless your gift is personally hand-made or one-of-a-kind, I don’t think it’s much of a difference between buying a mass-produced item and giving cash. They are both impersonal.
I’ve been debating this every year during Christmas because I am capable of thinking of actual “things” that I want for Christmas every year and telling my siblings about my ideas whenever asked. In my family, nobody is required to give you something from your list, but everybody does because that’s all they care about. Meanwhile, my siblings, gradually over the years, have just been telling me “I want a gift card to XXX store/website”. They used to think up “things” that they want for Christmas too, but lately it just seems like they are either too lazy or too busy to even do that. To me, gift cards themselves are inappropriate, and not in the true spirit of the season. The subject bothered me so much this year, that I proposed to my siblings that we do not exchange gifts at Christmas next year, because gift cards are all that is ever asked for. They didn’t agree with me. So next year, I’m flat out telling my siblings that I will not be getting them any gift cards, and if they ask for that, they probably be disappointed.
I think it is not a good idea to give cash as a gift. A nice watch could be a good gift.
Some people may consider it impersonal but I don’t see anything wrong with someone giving you cash as a christmas gift especially if it has a card in it. Where I’m from cash as a christmas is as common as it gets.
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I don’t find anything wrong about giving cash as gifts. As long as the amount is appropriate. i mean, I think it’s bad taste to give a 45-year-old man $10 for Christmas, but it may me alright for a 5-year-old kid.
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Cash is the best christmas present ever, or an upside down christmas tree
I love & need cash, too, haha! I’d like to get some cash for Easter, tomorrow.
Fill a Christmas stocking with pretty Christmas ornaments and a small billfold. Your gift recipient will likely re-use the stocking and ornaments and so remember your gift of cash.
It depends on who’s giving out the cash. If it’s from my grandma who’s 90 and, understandably, will have such a difficult time shopping for gifts, then it’s perfectly fine. But if the cash is from some uncle who is just too lazy to spend time scouting for gifts, then I’d think twice about accepting.
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You have missed the point of Chritmas entirely! It’s not about what you get, it’s about what you give! GIVING to others, loving others, not judging others. It should be like this 365 days of the year, not just at Christmas time. If you don’t love to give, just because you want to, then you don’t know and Love our Savior.
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