I used to request extravagant gifts. Scooter. Lil Miss Makeup doll. My Little Pony Paradise Estate. Teddy Ruxpin. Looking back on these, I see that they are all over-the-top, childish requests, perhaps because it was the 1980s, and I was in fact a child.
But I am a child no longer. Now I am an adult who only asks for simpler things, most of which are purchasable at CVS or a well-equipped bodega. It really comes down to a want versus a need. Do I want a Vitamix? Yes. Do I need one? No, because my 12-year-old blender hasn’t died yet. Do I want paper towels? Yes. Do I need them? Yes, because I ran out. It’s that simple.
If you got me paper towels, I would not be offended, unless they were not the select-a-size kind. I don’t need a giant paper towel every time I need a paper towel. This is how a practical gift like paper towels turns into an extravagance, which I guess is fine but only because it’s Christmas, and all of us need to indulge sometimes.
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