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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Health
Madeleine Aggeler

REVEALED: How to become a good and thoughtful gift giver - The Real Truth

Happy senior mother and adult son with Christmas present at home
Here’s how to find gifts that will please your loved ones and stay out of the trash. Photograph: Dmytro Betsenko/Getty Images

My family members are incredible gift-givers. Every birthday and holiday, they manage to select exactly what the recipient wanted – or didn’t know they wanted.

I didn’t inherit this gene.

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