gifts

There ought (he continued) to be technical education classes on the science of present-giving. No one seems to have the faintest notion of what anyone else wants, and the prevalent ideas on the subject are not creditable to a civilized community. Reginald’s views on Christmas gifts (and Christmas in general, if you look close enough) are from H.H Munro’s Reginald, which collects satirical pieces of cutting social commentary Munro had previously published in newspapers. This copy is from the edition available at Project Gutenberg. There is, for instance, the female relative in the country who“knows a tie is always useful,” and [Read More]