Christmas Shopping

I went christmas shopping today. It was not as bad as all the other years as I already knew what I wanted to buy for everybody.

Last year our friends from Florida invited us to spend christmas at their house and learn about their traditions and habits. Of course we said yes and took a trip over.

We have had a christmas with the whole family, including grandmothers, all sisters and brothers with their children and their parents. And everybody gave presents to everybody. Over here nobody could afford this, but they did it in a quite clever way: In the U.S. they have the garage sales and thrift stores, so this were the places where our friends bought the presents all over the year. Everytime they saw something special that would fit to another person they bought it and did some real bargains. This led to the fact, that everybody received a lot of presents that really fit. Another way was to make presents buy sewing or knitting.

Our friends showed us a christmas where gifts were not appraised by the amount of money they cost but by the thought the buyer had, when he or she purchased it.