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@ 2016-12-18 06:24:00

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GIFT GIVING MEME: Taking the OOC strain out of IC gift giving

It's that time of the year again when we stress out over what sort of gifts one fictional character should give to other fictional characters. Sometimes it's even more stressful than picking out gifts for your actual friends. Let's help each other out!

CHARACTER NAME:
WHAT DO THEY CELEBRATE?: Do they get swept up in the Christmas spirit? Do they LIGHT 'EM UP UP UP for eight nights? Is there a combination of different holiday traditions? Do they not celebrate at all?
GIFT-GIVING HABITS: Are they bad at choosing gifts? Have they ever been caught re-gifting gifts they didn't want? Do they always give gifts to each one of their roommates or are they bad at even remembering to give gifts to their best friend?
HOBBIES & INTERESTS: What would other people know about what they like? Do they have any themes or special interests they're known for? Ex: Levi likes Quidditch, music, dogs, and astronomy and his special interests (and aesthetic themes) are aliens and outer space.
IDEAL TYPE OF GIFTS: What sort of gifts would your character love to receive? Is there anything those close to them might realize that they could use? Do you have any links to items or lists to help us out? (If you google "Gifts for [Hobby]", sometimes there are already pre-made lists! For example, I could google "Gifts for reptile lovers" for Diego or "Gifts for astronomy lovers" for Levi and be rollin' in gift ideas. You can also search treasuries on Etsy!)
ANYTHING ELSE?: Anything you'd like to add to help with the fictional gift-giving process?

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CHRIS PARK

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2016-12-18 09:12 am UTC (link)

CHARACTER NAME: Christopher Park
WHAT DO THEY CELEBRATE?: Chris celebrates Christmas. His mother was raised catholic, Chris identifies as something to the left of catholic, but his mother also celebrates the commercial aspect of Christmas. He still has to go to church and shit, but it's mostly about the family dinner and gift giving.
GIFT-GIVING HABITS: Chris hoards money he makes during the summer, and sometimes over Christmas break, specifically so he doesn't have to hand make anything he gives to anybody because he is unartistic as fuck. Half the time he gives joke gifts that represent friendship more than value, other times he gives introspective gifts.
HOBBIES & INTERESTS:
Hockey

And also quidditch. He doesn't have a lot of money, so most equipment and gear for these hobbies are in shabby ~~I originally typed that as shobbie idk~~ condition.

His special interests are Artificing and Hermeticism. His freshman year, he asked for a lot of maj books on that type of things, because he hadn't ever been exposed to it before. Now he asks for a lot less, but he still digs that shit.
IDEAL TYPE OF GIFTS: Chris is basically Diego here, he kinda just appreciates any gift. You can give him a joke gift that is practically useless, and he still appreciates it, and probably finds it hilarious. You can give him something practical, and he'll appreciate it.

He's been wearing the same winter clothes for three years now, so I mean if somebody wants to get him a new hoody too, that's fine, and nice and practical.

THE REAL GIFT HERE IS THE GIFT OF FRIENDSHIP
ANYTHING ELSE?: I feel really bad I don't have an easy gift list for Chris but he doesn't fit onto a list because he's weird, and doesn't expect gifts from you, so you can give him anything. Srsly.

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