New Year as a neurosis or why do we make unnecessary gifts to those who do not need us?

Someone gives a signal with an invisible red flag - the New Year Eve begins. A hodgepodge of tips is carefully sprinkled with graphomania of bloggers and links to malicious sites. "Choose your hair", "you will disappear without our recipe olivier", "three signs will be happy in the new year" and so on. Why, in the atmosphere of pre-holiday fuss, do not the sites want to talk about the nervous breakdowns that happen when the ordered sweater with deer is delivered a day later?

About flea market in hypermarkets and shopologism, about a waste of money for people who will not remember after you and your gift. Even better - why not talk about how to avoid stress, neuroses, breakdowns and just like in childhood, enjoy the feeling of a miracle?

After the survey, it's hard not to marvel at the results: about 67% of the respondents admit that they give most gifts to people who do not mean anything emotionally to them : bosses, colleagues, doctors, teachers, etc. Of these, about 80% admit that they choose gifts for such people on sales and flea markets, or they buy sweets and alcohol, which are held in stores "for promotion". To the question "What are you guided by?" People often responded with "benefits." Many also acknowledge that they forget to buy gifts for important people, do not feel the atmosphere of the oldest important family holiday .

When did it start? It would be difficult to calculate the exact date. In the twentieth century, these processes have already been actively continued. The well-known Canadian humorist writer, Ph.D. and economist Stephen Leacock wrote in his story "Hoodoo Macchiggen and Christmas": "When a father puts a son, dreaming of a ten-dollar watch, under the cover of night, a tie worth ten cents, and then says that such a gift brought He is an angel - this is very, very low " (a collection of" The Madness of the Madman ", 1910-1911).

Frustrated close, hurt and whining children, a sense of embarrassment, haste - all this spoils the festive atmosphere and turns the New Year from a holiday of childhood, magic and some sacred ritual into a farce, which is an occasion to sit at a table full of food and alcohol.

A few tips - a kind of "roasting" from New Year's observations :

- good corporate gifts can be so-called "wish cards" for 500, 1000 or more rubles (it is desirable to give all colleagues cards for the same amount - no matter how ridiculous, such misses as cards of different cost happen);

- According to statistics, 31% of Russians yearn to give their neighbor souvenirs that occupy 1 PLACE IN THE RATING OF THE MOST FAILED GIFTS FOR THE NEW YEAR, although they can be a touching and sweet addition, as well as postcards, candies, candles or candlesticks;

- In the hypermarkets bundles are sold for letters to Father Frost - extremely busy parents can breathe freely: writing the child's wishes is now faster and easier - the letter in any case turns out beautiful, automatically in an envelope and with stamps;

- when you feel yourself unconsciously begin to wiggle your hand in search of heavy objects or how the eye twitches treacherously - listen to the wonderful New Year's classic performed by Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra or (for fans of "heavy" music) Tarja Turunen - most likely you will feel better;

- New Year's atmosphere does not always evolve by itself: stop justifying yourself and finally dress up the apartment, as your parents did, wander around the toy sales, go to the flea market - records with Christmas songs and vintage jewelry have not been canceled;

- Visit the trainings on time management and stress management - in Europe on the eve of important holidays, accompanied by great emotional and monetary costs, so do many;

- in the fight against depression and stress you will be helped by the English humor of the aforementioned author - the stories "Hudu Mackigen and Christmas", "Santa Claus Mistakes", "Christmas or the Mysterious Baby" and the like will make you laugh heartily!

These ways to save your time, money and most importantly - the nerves are extremely simple, but at the same time they will not allow trinket sellers to cash in on your grief connected with the purchase of corporate presents, as well as your ignorance, what now children of three years old and older are interested in. In addition, you can prepare everything in advance, which means you will not listen to the annual monologue of the national leader on the run, opening champagne, watching the oven and trying to get dressed.

Maybe then, at last, the New Year will be as colorful and fabulous as in Hollywood movies, as fun and bright as in Soviet cinema. In general, without stress, hysterics and with a soul.