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Ask me what I want for Christmas
We agonise every Christmas over what to give our loved ones. Why not just ask them?
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Targeted gift-giving reduces the substantial stress and squander of seasonal gift-buying, which is widely documented.
ST ILLUSTRATION: MIEL
I know exactly what gift my sister is getting me for Christmas. Not only that, I have been carrying the casual Bimba Y Lola handbag since the Black Friday sales, when we both spied it at Ion Orchard and decided it was the right look for me.
Her second Christmas gift arrived via WhatsApp several days ago. It is a gift card for novel, nutritious meals delivered to my doorstep. I am now toggling among a bunch of Asian-inspired calorie-controlled choices from Yummy Bros to assuage the Christmas binge: Oat-encrusted chicken? Thai pesto fish? Truffle doufu in Cajun sauce?
