Don’t Get Scrooged This Holiday

A few years ago, my family had to put a promise around presents. You see, every Hanukkah, we do a ‘Secret Santa’ with family and friends where each person pulls a name out of a hat and they buy that person a gift. One year, we put in a rule that the person who bought the lamest gift, owed a second one. Needless to say, a fight ensued over the lameness of someone’s present. People took sides. Granted, the gift wasn’t awesome but there was no need to turn Hanukkah into a Jerry Springer show. Once everyone made up, we implemented a new promise that the holidays are about giving and you must love what you get (no matter how lame the gift might be).