Presents are great. There is nothing like waking up on Christmas morning to see what new things are waiting for you. Or when we get something that just doesn't do what we expected. Then we spend time in line the day after Christmas returning or exchanging those unwanted gifts. The season of giving.
Parents spend hours waiting in line fighting over the new and popular toy of the season.
In the early 1980s, the toy was Cabbage Patch Dolls. This year it's Furby. We are shopping conformists. On the day after Thanksgiving, stores are complete pandemonium. Everyone has to be there to get those products while they are hot.