Gifts
By ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
Philippines
December 19, 2017 8:17am CST
I am going to attend the Christmas party tomorrow as requested by our clinical coordinator. I was assured that all of the part time CIs will be present.
We should have gifts to exchange with others who picked our names. A male colleague who recently took the bar examination is my Kringle so I bought a table lamp with USB plug and a small trash can worth P595.
I also bought a powerbank and a plastic clutch bag worth P595 for my colleague. This is the gift wherein the 6 of us will have our own party.
Do you buy your gifts for exchange with the exact required amount for its price?
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12 responses
@LadyDuck (502258)
• Italy
20 Dec 17
@ridingbet The important is to find something that may please the one who receive it.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
20 Dec 17
i also was not able to find a gift worth exactly as P500. so the amount i shelled out had excess of P95 each gift. the gifts are usable and that was what i told the receiver of my gift in school. the powerbank will be for my colleague. i won't attend on the 23rd though since my brothers will arrive and it is my sister's birthday as well.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
23 Dec 17
@LadyDuck indeed. i am pleased with what i received, and i know the receiver of my gift is also appreciative of what i gave him. in fact, he needs the light for his laptop since we expect him to pass the bar examination for lawyers.
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@Scrapper88 (5980)
• United States
19 Dec 17
I hope you have fun at the Christmas party.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
20 Dec 17
yes we had. i will post one picture of me and my colleagues.
@m_audrey6788 (58468)
• Germany
19 Dec 17
I usually buy more than the amount required for exchange gifts 
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
20 Dec 17
indeed. that is better than exact amount.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
19 Dec 17
that reminds me. i've been looking for a lamp, too, but unsure what to buy. i guess i'm used to the simple ones that you just plug in the socket.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
20 Dec 17
yes, the lamp is good for laptops because it has the USB type of plug. i guess the receiver will appreciate it, since he, hopefully, will become a lawyer when the bar exams results are out.
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@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
19 Dec 17
That is so cool and so practical! I never had to do gift exchanges that had a set price limit. I would probably make a person someone anyway haha since that is what I do anyway.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
20 Dec 17
well, i was the last one to agree on attending the party so i did not have the wishlist or the alias and the one whom i gave the gift, i also the one who gave me his gift. it was actually an exchange gift.
our dean had the alias "the big one" while a colleague has "pink blush".
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
23 Dec 17
@DesirousDreamer it was my sister who suggested that. i am also poor in deciding what items i should give as gift.
@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
20 Dec 17
@ridingbet You still did an amazing job haha I am so bad at thinking of gifts.
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@toniganzon (77119)
• Philippines
21 Dec 17
Our company had an exchanged gift and I gave a Parker Pen and Cloud cosmetics lipstick. Both costs almost a thousand. The amount required was just Php200 but it's Christmas and I usually give more than the required amount
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
23 Dec 17
you are a generous person. you surely will have more graces in the coming years.
you are also a good employer. happy Holidays to you.
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
21 Dec 17
I didn't join the Kris Kringle at the office, because I don't want to be stressed with the everyday token for the manita, like something hot and spicy, something sweet and etc.
But I joined the exchange gift of the Christmas party I had with my HS batchmates. I bought a beautiful purple thick towel with a towelet. I got a daily bible journal reading guide titled WORD. I love it. At least, I can start reading some bible verses with insights from the priests here in Bicol. .
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
23 Dec 17
it was an exchange gift that i bought, not the Kringle. the term was what a male colleague informed us.
when i was in high school we often give gifts to our baby kringles in secret. they don't know until the revelation day.
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@averygirl72 (38849)
• Philippines
23 Dec 17
That are expensive exchange gifts. Here it didn't have to be that expensive. Do you like the gift you receive?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
23 Dec 17
well, considering the exchange rate of the dollar to pesos, a dollar is already good for a gift, for in P300, i think we can buy just a small kind of gift, or those made in China.
the ceiling amount should be P500. i think that is good.
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
23 Dec 17
which should be the case. we don't want to hear some things that we give gifts amounting to the exact price expected. heheh! but i know one colleague who does that. the price of the gift should be exactly P500, no more, no less.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
20 Dec 17
when i buy a gift that is below the ceiling amount, i buy anything that can add to the gift, that is why aside from the lamp, i also bought that cute trash can (though this trash can can be used as a container for sheets of paper).
@thelme55 (79309)
• Germany
21 Dec 17
@ridingbet no, they aren't. They are Buddhists.
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