Helen Fielding. The Bridget Jones's Diary. (№ 460837)

But if it is so necessary for government, church, parents, customs, etc., to tax us at Christmas, why not simply make it a rule that everyone takes five hundred pounds, spends it as they please, and then gives the purchases away to friends and relatives , so that they would wrap them beautifully and present them in a solemn atmosphere - it would be much more correct than this annual torture, which is fraught with mental illness for all participants.