Brown paper packages, tied up with an Amazon smile, these are a few of my favorite things.
Giving and receiving gifts are one of the pillars of the winter holiday season, as much as we may not want to admit. What if giving gifts is not your love language and what if you’re just really bad at it? Gift giving is a skill, much like having a fashion sense is also a skill. To excel at both this holiday season, it takes practice.
When you’re crafting your gift idea, whether it’s for a loved one or that coworker that you have to tolerate, you are required to mentally combine all of the things that you know about that person. You have to dig deep into your mental catacombs and draw upon every single conversation you have had with that person. You have to remember their favorite things.
This may sound mentally taxing, but instead reframe it as a thoughtful exercise to test how well you know a person. Giving somebody a thoughtful gift sends a message that you consider them and you remember their favorite things. Don’t go postal this holiday season, gifting can be made much easier than you think.
Written by K. Pereira
Photography: Mark Bluemle
Director: K Pereira
Styling, PA: Diamond Durant
Talent: Charli Rose Mosley