The season of giving is upon us!

The post-Thanksgiving through new year time period is full of opportunities for giving and receiving all kinds of presents, donations and tokens of appreciation.

We have a variety of holidays that involve gift giving large and small—Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanzaa and Festivus (the original Festivus, not the Seinfeld version, included small gifts, although we could consider the airing of the grievances to be gifts). We are encouraged to participate in food, clothing and toy drives, give generously on “Giving Tuesday,” or consider end-of-tax-year charitable donations.