How much money is lost in gift cards each year? How often are gifts regifted, returned or left unopened? Whose gifts are valued the most? Group payment system WePay has put together the infographic above to illustrate the answer to those and several other questions pertaining to holiday gift-gifting. [via Mashable]
VOCABULARY
The infographic title features a play on the word 'misgiving'. If you have misgivings about something that is being suggested or done, you feel that it is not quite right, and are worried that it may have unwanted results. And there's the idea of mis-giving, i.e., making a mistake when giving a gift (though this is not an actual verb).
LESSON IDEA
Get students to discuss what gifts they plan to give or would like to receive for Christmas (or gave and received, if Christmas is over). More questions: What's the best Christmas present you've ever received? Is giving more important than receiving? Are you any good at wrapping presents? When do you give/receive your presents? How much have you spent/did you spend on presents this Christmas?
