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Article: Simple gifts for holidays
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- Redlands Daily Facts
- Article date:
- December 17, 2008
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This year let simple inspirations, not grandiose aspirations, be
your guide as you shop for holiday gifts.
To please everyone on your list while staying within your budget,
look beyond the season's hot items and focus instead on practical,
yet pleasurable presents.
And don't worry; you won't be alone in your approach.
"Saving is contagious," says Tim Henderson, consumer strategist
for Iconoculture, Inc., a consumer research company in Minneapolis.
In years past, "We went through aspirational buying, looking for
the higher-priced item," says Henderson. This season, he believes
shoppers will prefer to give practical gifts: purchases the
recipient needs, that promote good causes or that ...