# How much guidance do you want on gifts?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-guidance-do-you-want-on-gifts/677269>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 27, 2013, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-guidance-do-you-want-on-gifts/677269 "2013-12-27T06:04:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-guidance-do-you-want-on-gifts/677269/21 "2014-01-01T02:10:17Z")

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> [@Der\_Trihs](#):
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> I’ve always preferred both to be given lists and to give them out. I hate guessing. And in fact my entire family always did things that way; everyone exchanged lists, and cross-checked with each other to make sure no one was buying duplicate gifts.

Mine does too. We buy other things that we _think_ the others will like, but a list ensures they’ll definitely like some things they get too.

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