The Real Point of Giving Gifts

Presents, Accounted For

By Cintra Wilson
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the December 2008 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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Cintra Wilson dares to shop for a few people who have everything and unwraps the real point of giving gifts.

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