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Do you prefer homemade or store bought gifts?

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  • I appreciate home made gifts, because they put time and effort into it, and thoughtfullness. Even if everyone received the same homemade gift, it's still special.

     I wouldn't say I prefer them, because it would really depend on the gift... but I appreciate them 100% of the time, when I don't always appreciate store bought gifts. 

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    I appreciate home made gifts, because they put time and effort into it, and thoughtfullness. Even if everyone received the same homemade gift, it's still special.

     I wouldn't say I prefer them, because it would really depend on the gift... but I appreciate them 100% of the time, when I don't always appreciate store bought gifts. 



    I agree with what Mar said.  Then again the only present I ever get/have every gotten that was hand-made is cookies.  My aunt makes cookies for us every year and for our birthdays.
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  • Ditto what Mar said.  I love the thought and time that goes into homemade gifts.  That's also why I make a lot myself.  Next year I'm going to start a lot earlier and make even more.  This year I'm a litte crunched for time.  
  • It doesn't matter to me if there is thought put into the gift.

  • As long as it's something I'm going to use, I don't have a preference. I appreciate the time and thought put into a homemade gift but when it's something that's just going to be unused I'm kind of meh - that is usually when they don't put thought into it though. And likewise, if it's some dumb store bought thing I'm not going to use either and they just got it to have something to give me, I'm just as meh.
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  • I will add that occassionally my mom will make a sweater for me and I love them.  I already have 3 (one with helicopters, one with moose, and one with the American flag) that she has made for Cody plus all 3 of us have Christmas stockings that she made.  Only Cody's has his name on it.
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  • I'm a big fan of homemade gifts, granted I often don't have all the time to make them, but I love the thought and specialness of them. 

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  • imageFutureMrsNAH:
    As long as it's something I'm going to use, I don't have a preference. I appreciate the time and thought put into a homemade gift but when it's something that's just going to be unused I'm kind of meh - that is usually when they don't put thought into it though. And likewise, if it's some dumb store bought thing I'm not going to use either and they just got it to have something to give me, I'm just as meh.

    Ditto this.

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  • To me it's about the thought. I am like Summer in that I want something I can use.  

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