Tag: Gifts
How to reduce gift-giving stress with your kids – a child...
Angela J. Narayan, University of Denver
As a child, I loved being the center of attention. So it was...
Turn shopping stress into purposeful gift giving by cultivating ‘consumer wisdom’...
Michael Luchs, William & Mary
Every fall I anticipate the winter holidays with almost childlike joy. I look forward...
The science of gift wrapping explains why sloppy is better
Erick M. Mas, Vanderbilt University
They say appearances can be deceiving. In the case of gift giving, they might...
A bottle of scotch recently sold for $2.7 million – what’s...
Hovig Tchalian, University of Southern California
When a rare bottle of Scotch whisky sold for US$2.7 million in November...
Buying gifts? Why ‘buy now, pay later’ could be a dangerous...
Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University
Gift-givers hoping to splurge this holiday season despite the pinch of high inflation have...
Gifts of Christmas past: buy secondhand to give your loved ones...
Omar Khaled Abdelrahman, University of Huddersfield and Claire McCamley, University of Huddersfield
Christmas is a period for celebrating our...
The 4 biggest gift-giving mistakes, according to a consumer psychologist
Julian Givi, West Virginia University
A good gift can elicit a surge of happiness and gratitude in the recipient....
What’s the point of holiday gifts?
Dimitris Xygalatas, University of Connecticut
Whether it’s the dread of a trip to an overcrowded shopping mall, the challenge...
EXPLORING NATURE
Raccoons break into liquor stores, scale skyscrapers and pick locks –...
Kelly Lambert, University of Richmond
When a curious raccoon broke into an Ashland, Virginia, liquor store in December 2025,...
