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Bad Gifts & Awful Presents

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Intro: Bad gifts we have received
- bumble ball, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bumble_Ball
- strange books
  - popular law book on ls graduation

Bad Gifts Are Everywhere

Weddings
Birthdays
Anniversaries
1. Your spouse
2. Relatives & Friends
Graduations
1. Huffpo has 10 bad gifts for grads:
  1. Guidebooks About How To Be Successful After Completing A Humanities Degree http://www.huffingtonpost.com/liz-oneill/holiday-presents-least-ap_b_799113.html#s209654 "This is a gift that says, “I know you’re spending four years of your life and roughly the price of a small house on your college education, but I thought this handy guidebook (only $19.99!) might really launch your career.” It also says, in smaller print, “I have no idea who you are as an individual, or what the heck you read. I could have taken five minutes to ask your mom, or your girlfriend or anyone who spends more than 10 seconds picking out gifts for people. But to be honest, I think most of the choices you make for yourself are big, fat wastes of time.” "
  2. Stuffed Animal From The University Bookstore: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/liz-oneill/holiday-presents-least-ap_b_799113.html#s209851
  3. CDs: " A CD is perfect for any college student to pop into his Discman right before he catches the bus to 1995." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/liz-oneill/holiday-presents-least-ap_b_799113.html#s209857
Religious events
1. Bar mitzvah
2. Christening / name day
Holidays
1. Xmas
2. Chanuka
3. New Years

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 =Web Pages About Bad Gifts=
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 This is a goldmine: Gawker, [http://gawker.com/5716116/give-us-your-gift+giving-horror-stories Give Us Your Gift-Giving Horror Stories]
+=Academic Writing About Gift-Giving=
+[http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1609503 It’s Not Me, It’s You: The Downstream Effects of Identity Threat in the Context of Gift Giving]