Every year in mid-November the populace at large is seized with panic: It's almost Christmas time!

And every year, seemingly on autopilot, we rush out to the stores, "bust doors" to get fantastic deals, and generally go on a gift-giving rampage. Because that's what the season is all about, right?

Yet every year, many of us arrive in January broke, depressed, and emotionally drained.

It doesn't have to be this way.

The point of this book, above all, is to help you disengage the societal gift-giving autopilot and consider the “why”, rather than the “what”. And once you’ve considered the “why”, to empower you to make decisions that make sense to you (rather than what you “should do”) about the “what”.

If you’ve ever felt boxed in by Christmas gift-giving traditions, there’s advice in here to help you remove some of your gift-giving obligations and get your holiday stress down to a manageable level.

And if you love giving gifts, there’s advice in here that will help you ask better questions and make better choices - which will result in people appreciating your gifts more.

Either way, you’ll have the tools to make your holidays at least a little bit better.