Maybe I’m getting older or wiser but at this moment of my life I would rather have someone do something good in my name then give me a present. This isn’t a rule set in stone so if someone wants to buy me a plane, Lamborghini, or even some new socks I won’t complain, yet if someone promised to do something that I love it would be just as good … (except for the plane and Lamborghini but I don’t believe they fit in the stocking). It could be making my family dinner, going to Synagogue, or taking time to charity work together they all would truly be presents that would outlast those socks and many other gifts. It also would enable them to save $$’s for next years gift if they decided that volunteering isn’t their style in the future. Seriously though a gift of giving oneself can be better then any present in a box.