Aaah the curse of moving into a new house/apartment. It seems if you do that remotely close to your birthday or christmas, you lose all rights to expect anything but "stuff for your place" as gifts.
I agree with Halx... sure, if you get stuff you need, it saves you cash and you can therefor buy stuff you want with saved cash, but what's the fun? With that mindset you could as well determine the budget you have for everyone you want to give a gift to, and give them the money instead *shrugs*.
Point is, Christmas gifts, in my opinion, should be stuff that, as Halx put it, brings a smile to your face. Sure, a microwave is handy but darn, it kinda says "I had no idea whatsoever what to gove you, so I took the easy way out and got stuff for your apartment".
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