Don't call me cheap

Ok, call me what you will, but I thought this part from a book I'm reading was interesting:

"Many of us are looking back longingly to an era when gifts were not obligations but expressions of our generosity, when couples didn't use bridal registries as shopping lists, and when kids didn't hand out must-have Christmas lists. The commercialization of gift giving, with all its social pressures, seems to have taken some of the meaning out of the exchange. And the irony is that is has also taken away some of the value."

So shove your pipe up your ass and smoke it.