Tag: holiday giving
Dec 22, 2025
Cancel culture has finally caught up with this year’s Christmas column—and I’m the one doing the canceling. Let me explain why. Not long ago my editor said, “We need a Christmas column,” and before I could answer, she added, “but not about Scrooge.” Fair enough. As...
Dec 25, 2023
One of my clients, whose immediate family includes 30 people, has described himself as a Grinch when it comes to Christmas gift-giving. “Every year I swear I’m going to shop early, and every year I procrastinate. I never know what to get for people, and it seems...
Dec 26, 2022
Consider your Christmas shopping list. What was the most expensive single item on it? That special gift for your partner? The latest electronic gizmo for your teenager? Your family’s holiday travel? Certainly, with inflation hitting a 40-year high, all these items...
