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Gen Z: Just found the perfect organic tea towel for Mum. Christmas gifting = nailed!

Boomer: What on earth is ‘gifting’? You mean Christmas shopping. Giving presents.

Gifting is a verb now, Boomer. Youknow, like #giftingszn*. Since 2020, its online use has tripled.

I should be #gifting you some grammar lessons. But I’ll stick to £50 in a card and be done with it.

Wait, that’s it? Just money? Gift givingis supposed to show you know me: my hobbies, my interests, my aesthetic!

How am I meant to know your ‘aesthetic’? One week you’re posting about #MobWife and the next it’s #DarkAcademia.

So 2024. Didn’t you read theVoguepiece saying authenticity is Gen Z’s most prized quality in a gift?

How on earth can a present be authentic? Should I be quizzing scented candles on their ‘inner truth’?

It’s about being true to the recipient’s values. According toVogueGen Zswant gifts that are eco-friendly and ethically produced.

Says the person who once Ubered to a climate protest.

There was a tube strike! Anyway,I’m one of the 72 per cent of under-25s who’ll happily get ‘thrifted’ gifts.

Right, because nothing says ‘Merry Christmas’ like a moth-eaten scarf.

It’s called sustainability. Even my wrapping is eco-friendly.

Baking paper and string?

I actually go for recycled patterned scarves – like Michelle Pfeiffer, who shared her fabric-wrapped pressies on Instagram.

Oh, lovely. So I’ll be unwrapping my gift and your laundry this year?

Have your lols, but responsible gift packaging is a major consideration for three-quarters of us Gen Zs.

You know what doesn’t require any wrapping whatsoever? A tenner in a card.

Everyone knows giving cash is a huge ick. Anyway, according to trend forecaster TYB, the best gift you can get for someone this year is an experience.

I tried that once. Got my hubby a wine-tasting weekend and he was sloshed at the first vineyard. He fell asleep on the minibus.

*Rolls eyes*. TYB says Gen Z’s most sought-after gifts this year include paint-and-sip sessions, pottery classes and even bartending workshops.

I share the same confusion as the commenter underneath: ‘What’s the point of learning to make cocktails when you’re all teetotal?’

So I can make a killer virgin mojito, duh. And it’s about spending time together, making memories…

The only memory I took home from our ‘experience gift’ was my other half face-planting a cheeseboard.

FR*, that’s a perfect example ofwhy Boomers shouldn’t day-drink.

Which is why I stick to the classics. Cold, hard cash – or if someone insists on a specific present they have to send me an online link.

Urgh, the ‘send me your wish list’ vibe.So basic.

How else am I meant to know where to buy one of those Sidney cups my grandkids ask for?

Stanley cups! Anyway, I’m with Gen Z influencer @Maddie.Aldi, who saysshe’d rather receive nothing than pickher own present.

Fine by me. One less tab to open on my iPad.

‘The whole point of gift giving is to be creative and thoughtful,’ she says.‘If I send you a link, I might as welljust buy it myself.’

Fantastic – I’ll rely on telepathy, then.

Or just buy gifts for people you properly know. According to a study by Nationwide, 60 per cent of people my age say they don’t bother buying for ‘acquaintances’, like workmates.

But that’s the easiest one to tick off – a mug saying, ‘You don’t have to be mad to work here but it helps!’

So cheugy!* Sorry that my presents always sleigh, and yours leave me wanting myrrh.

You really are a lost Claus.

*Giftingszn = gifting season.

FR = For real.

Cheugy = embarrassing