82. Giving you elf on the shelf, gift giving, and thoughtfulness

It’s the season of giving! But Jon says stop. STOP BUYING GIFTS! People have to much stuff anyway and in this week’s episode, Alex and Jon discuss the culture around gift giving and how out of control it is. It’s time to start spending money on experiences and not on toasters! If it were up to Jon, everyone would get coal. Luckily, Jon is not Santa Claus and he has Alex to give the perfect gift on behalf of both of them. Submit your questions here!⁠ 0:00 - Intro 46:42 - Gifts for Nieces and Nephews 48:59 - Do I Get Him A Gift? 48:41 - Teacher Gifts 52:51 - I Do A Lot For My Friend’s Kids 55:51 - Holidays with Family 59:50 - How Do I Reject Gifts? 01:08:19 - Is My Nana Santa Claus? 01:11:42 - I’m Done Doing Everything For The Holidays! 01:24:16 - Recs of the Week Google Shopping: Shop the 100 products that made our year by visiting g.co/shop/holiday100 AURA FRAMES: Get $35 off with code: STRAIGHT at AuraFrames.com RITUAL: Get 25% off your first month at ritual.com/STRAIGHT. Start Ritual or add Essential Prenatal to your subscription today. ADT: Visit ADT.com or call 1-800-ADT-ASAP FACE FOUNDRIE: Visit facefoundrie.com and use code GITMS at checkout for 20% off your first service. VITAL VITAMINS: Vital Vitamins is offering listeners 20% of all orders with code STRAIGHT at myvitalvitamins.com. THE REAL REAL: Get $25 off your first purchase when you go to TheRealReal.com/STRAIGHT Visit our website ⁠ Visit our other website ⁠ Find us on Instagram! ⁠Podcast⁠ ⁠Alex⁠ ⁠Jon See Privacy Policy at and California Privacy Notice at .

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82. Giving you elf on the shelf, gift giving, and thoughtfulness is an episode from Give It To Me Straight by Give It To Me Straight.

This episode is 01:26:58 long.

This episode was published on Dec 16, 2025.

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