Tired of Giving Meaningless Gifts - Give the Gift of an Experience

The holidays are a truly wonder time of year. We get to see all sorts of family and friends we haven’t had the time to keep up with during the year. We eat great food. We sing, we dance, we have general merriment. We give and receive gifts…

Hold on! You might say.

Figuring out what to give family and friends is one of the most challenging experiences of the year. There’s little more frustrating than going to a busy mall just searching for some meaningless gift you feel you have to give someone.

There are many strategies to gift giving, but we’ve been particularly attracted to one that science has been advocating for a few years now - giving experiences rather than material objects. Research has shown time-and-time-again that experiences are far more meaningful than things. For us this equation is easy. We’ve been dancers our whole lives and we feel lucky to share the experience of dance with our clients every day. We see so many bad days turned upside down after a dance lesson. We’ve seen couples create stronger bonds in just one dance lesson. We’ve seen lives changed forever just by spending a little more quality time with a loved one.

If you want a little more convincing, check out this article.

If you want to just jump right in to giving experiences, check out our gift certificate page here.

Happy gift giving!

And Happy Holidays!

-The Ballroom Dance Chicago Team