Six years ago, the National Retail Confederation created Cyber Monday.\u00a0 Lots of businesses \u2013 and lots of buyers \u2013 have gotten aboard with the concept since.\u00a0 On this first Monday after Thanksgiving, my email is flooded with Cyber Monday specials.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve found myself doing more gift-buying (and shipping) over the Internet.\u00a0 As a little kid, I loved the rituals of going Christmas shopping with my mom.\u00a0 I have fond memories of watching the snowflakes fall past the glowing Christmas decorations that seemed to hang from every lamppost in the city.\u00a0 The warmth of knowing I had picked exactly the right gift for each recipient.<\/p>\n
But then, there WAS the hassle of lugging it all home.\u00a0 And wrapping it.\u00a0 (Good Lord, I NEVER got good at that!)\u00a0 And standing in the long, long lines at the Post Office, with the awkward pile of packages to be shipped.<\/p>\n
Practicality does get in the way of nostalgia, doesn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n
In the next few days, I\u2019m afraid a good deal of my gift-buying is going to be online, probably more to spare myself the hassle of gift-SHIPPING than for any other reason.<\/p>\n
Cyber Monday and the changing paradigm of Christmas gifting \u2013 what\u2019s YOUR take on it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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