Holiday Gift Baskets

A gift is a voluntary edict which does not desire anything in return. Even though it involves possibly a social expectation of reciprocity, or a return in the form of prestige or power, a gift is meant to be free.

In manifold human societies, the undertaking of mutually exchanging money, goods, etc. may contribute to social cohesion. Economists have elaborated the economics Holiday Gift Baskets of gift-giving into the notion of a gift economy.