Contrary to popular belief (and my previous post on the matter), I’m not quite taking the hard line approach on buying nothing this Christmas.
While my friend Kevin has put a $100 cap on spending this Christmas, I’ve decided that I’m not giving commercial products sold at retail. The gifts I’ve chosen this year involve making, hacking, or recycling things. I’m trying to give gifts the recipients wouldn’t or couldn’t acquire for themselves. A side-effect of this attempt to avoid the mall as a source of gifts is that I’ll probably stay under $100 as a natural consequence of the decision.
I should also point out that my decision was heavily influenced by what my friends (like Peter and Jef) are doing for presents this year as well.