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Perspective

Dec. 25, 2009

What I Want for Christmas Is...

Katie Pratt of Loyola Law School says more holiday gift-givers should instead honor their family, friends, and business contacts with charitable contributions.

By Katie Pratt

Nothing. Well, not exactly nothing - just nothing for me. What I really want for Christmas is for more holiday gift-givers to honor their family, friends and business contacts by making charitable contributions on their behalf instead of buying them material gifts. Members of my family recently exchanged the names of our favorite charities and agreed to make charitable contributions this year, in lieu of our usual Christmas gifts. Now I have started to thin...

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