Because of the stupid gift-buying issues. Because of the subtle pressure to mail out Christmas cards ever year. Well I have refused the latter for many years now, and have gotten over my guilt. I’ll never again send Christmas cards. What a stupid tradition.
As for gifts, it’s the same every year–start worrying about it in November, call up relatives ask them what they “want”. I wish there was a way out of it.
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Stephan Kinsella is a libertarian writer and patent attorney in Houston, Texas. He has spoken, lectured and published widely on various areas of libertarian legal theory and on legal topics such as intellectual property law and international law. His publications include Legal Foundations of a Free Society (Papinian Press, 2023) (see below), Against Intellectual Property (Mises Institute, 2008), and International Investment, Political Risk, and Dispute Resolution: A Practitioner’s Guide (Oxford, 2020).
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