This ticket to West Side Story is symbolic of my anti-stuff Christmas. Instead of buying things for my family these year, I got everyone a ticket to see West Side Story tonight.
A lot of the time I think gifts are purchased just to get someone something because you're supposed to get them something at Christmas. Or their birthday. Or for Arbor Day. Or whenever. Something that just sits around not getting used (and eventually possibly ends up on a blog).
A lot of the time I think gifts are purchased just to get someone something because you're supposed to get them something at Christmas. Or their birthday. Or for Arbor Day. Or whenever. Something that just sits around not getting used (and eventually possibly ends up on a blog).
So I rebelled against that a bit. Not in a railing-against-the-crass-commercialization-of-Christmas way (the crass commercialization of Christmas is one of my favorite aspects of the holidays) but in an ENOUGH! NO MORE CRAP! kind of way. So I decided instead of getting people something to have, I'd get them something to do.
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