Christmas is by far my favorite time of the year. I mean who doesn't like singing "All I Want For Christmas Is You"? As much as I might love seeing all of the lights on houses, or the Holiday Shop in Target, I am always faced with a dilemma.

What do I get my friends for Christmas?

Although I've known them for quite a while, I can never come up with gifts to give them. I usually do something like a mug and put candy in it, maybe a gift card if they're really special, but how unoriginal is that? People always say "It's not what you're giving someone, it's the meaning behind it." OK, yeah, but come on, I don't want to give my best friend a mediocre gift. One reason I hate Pinterest is that they feature all of the cute DIYs, yet when I attempt them, what was supposed to look like cute calligraphy, ends up looking like a huge blob. It takes a special type of person to complete DIYs successfully.

I have gifts from people that end up in junk drawers, I'm sorry! It happens. Sometimes I just won't use lavender clementine soap from 1997, or that picture frame you probably got from Goodwill. Listen, I don't judge at all, I love Goodwill, but maybe not as a Christmas gift. Getting friends gifts nowadays is super difficult-everyone has everything already! For example, I have a friend who has at least eight mugs in her dorm room, should I get her another one? Probably not, but will I still grab it off the shelf and purchase it? Most likely. I always try to throw something personal in like a picture of us and a cute card, but at the end of the day, people don't necessarily need gifts. Spending time with those you love around the holidays is the actual gift, so I think we should stop stressing about what to buy, and start focusing on each other.