Comments on: Charity as a Holiday Present

By: Canadian Personal Finance Blog » Blog Archive » Holiday Cheer Volume 3: Holy Crap it’s Christmas Eve!!!

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 06:57:17 +0000

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By: bigcajunman

bigcajunman — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:42:59 +0000

Good idea, just don’t tell me you did it

By: ThickenMyWallet

ThickenMyWallet — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:15:56 +0000

The compromise may be to buy the holiday card or the wrapping paper from UNICEF or some other charity and give you a gift. At least, they have indirectly contributed to a chartiable cause.

By: Canadian Personal Finance Blog » Blog Archive » Random Thoughts on a Black Friday

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:37:31 +0000

[...] guest posts this week and an interesting one is Gift Giving For Less (unfortunately it does mention Charity as a Present, which is a pet [...]

By: A Lap Of The Blogs : WhereDoesAllMyMoneyGo.com

A Lap Of The Blogs : WhereDoesAllMyMoneyGo.com — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:22:16 +0000

[...] Big Cajun Man wants you to know that if you give to charity on his behalf, you aren’t impressing him. [...]

By: bigcajunman

bigcajunman — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:50:09 +0000

Maybe, but why not give you the money with a note saying, “Couldn’t think of what to give you so please donate this to whatever charity you wish”?

By: Jazmin

Jazmin — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:30:01 +0000

I’ve also given gifts of charitable donations in the past.. and received them as well. Not just as a footnote in a card, but done in their name and to a carefully chosen charity, one that I think they’d prefer the money go to rather than a random trinket, cause we all have far too many random trinkets already and don’t need any more crap in our houses. I’d rather that than an ill fitting funny coloured holiday sweater any day.

By: Hank

Hank — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:06:14 +0000

Better yet, give me cash and I’ll decide which charity it goes to.;-)

My employer matches charitable donations to particular charities and, of course, proclaims the aggregate as the team’s wonderful gift to the community.
I may not have gotten raises the last few years but I am employed. I can’t bring myself to punish the charities for my lack of raises so I give a bit more and let the company double it and pretend I had a raise

By: bigcajunman

bigcajunman — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:00:27 +0000

… and remember, “Employee beatings will continue until E-SAT improves!”.

By: Michael James

Michael James — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:35:34 +0000

Excellent rant. The reminded me of a mildly related story. A former employer of mine used to pay for pizza Fridays. After a few years of this, one employee suggested (by email to the whole company) that we give up one pizza Friday per month and send the saved money to a particular charity (of her choice). The email droned on about the importance of doing this and the merits of the particular charity. Only a few people bothered to object publicly, but the best one came from a guy who said “Don’t be too quick to rule out mandatory retroactive payroll deductions.” A perfect response.