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Happier Holidays: How to Give and Receive the Perfect Gift

The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

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Are You a Good Gift Giver?

When you do something nice for some else, there are a couple of things that bring you pleasure from doing those pro social actions. One is it draws you closer to the other person. The other goal that it satisfies is competency. As a receiver, we can make the giver feel great by showing in that person how we actually used that money. And so we've got a lot of power, i think, as receivers, to make the holidays better too.

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