It's normal for the holiday season. They figure a lot of people are, like me, incapable of selecting a decent gift for those they care about and will, in a fit of panic, go for anything just to have the damned decision making over with. "Hi Mom, here's a clapper. Merry Christmas." ("WHEW! Glad that's over.")

Jack

"People generally quarrel because they cannot argue." - G. K. Chesterton