What did you get for Christmas?

We shouldn't ask it, but we do, don't we? It is part and parcel of our experience of the season. While Christmas gift-giving may have originated in Christian communities seeking to celebrate the divine gift to us, it is now our culture that demands we spend and purchase and drive the economy into the black through our holiday purchases.

We are obligated to give gifts. We are cajoled into giving. We must ?nd the "right" gift for each person on our list. Can you do it? Did you do it? Is this the year you got it right?

Tomorrow says, "No." Tomorrow half of those who received gifts will go back to the stores to return them and exchange them or get refunds so that they can buy what they really wanted. Yesterday we bought the perfect gifts. Tomorrow they will a…