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Gift Giving in an Age of Abundance

How to give when nothing seems to matter

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O. Alan Noble
Dec 10, 2025
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When I was a child, every Christmas was precious because my parents saved and sacrificed to afford to buy us presents and I owned few toys. I loved Legos, but had a very small allowance and could not afford to buy many of them myself during the year. My two most memorable Christmases are when my parents bought me tโ€ฆ

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