Write about the following topic. It has been argued that giving gifts to friends and family should not be encouraged, because money is often wasted on things that people do not like or want. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.

There is no doubt that these days social events are being very important for us to gather and meet our families and friends.

However

, the question: Should we stop giving each other presents, as sometimes they are not used? Is being a controversial issue nowadays.In

this

essay I am going to examine

this

phenomenon from both viewpoints. On one side of the argument there are people who argue that these gifts are just a waste of

money

.One reason to say

this

is that people may not be in need of

this

kind of present or they have the same one already.

Furthermore

, it is

also

possible to say that some people cannot afford gifts because of financial problems or family commitments.

In addition

, some people invite others or even attend social events

for instance

: weddings and birthday parties only for courtesy so it should not be obligatory for them to bring gifts.One good illustration, here are celebrations in the Kuwaiti society.These parties are being priced and too many people are feeling that it is over their budgets to afford golden gifts or sometimes diamond pieces.

On the other hand

, it is

also

possible to consider it with the opposing case.Gifts make people feel more related and close,

however

, they should not be expensive or luxury.

Moreover

, the best gift to give is

money

so the person can buy whatever he/she needs without any embarrassment even if it's a small amount like 5 Kuwaiti dinars.A particularly good example here are the stores where you can put a certain amount of

money

for someone and

then

he/she can come and get whatever is needed so no

money

is wasted and it can be used for useful things.

This

is done in Jordan, whenever you receive an invitation for a wedding or birthday parties, a certain store will be mentioned at the bottom, so you can put a certain amount of

money

in

this

store and they can refer to it to get their gift by themselves. In conclusion, There is no easy answer to

this

question,

however

, I tend to believe that gifts should be within a specific budget in the society and it has to be either in cash or within certain stores.