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Buying a gift for a loved one with cancer? Here’s why you should skip the fuzzy socks and give them meals or help with laundry instead

  • Written by Ellen T. Meiser, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Hawaii at Hilo
Buying a gift for a loved one with cancer? Here’s why you should skip the fuzzy socks and give them meals or help with laundry insteadFuzzy socks are a popular gift for people with a serious illness such as cancer.pepifoto/iStock via Getty Images Plus

The season of gifting is in full swing – a time when people scour the internet and shops of all kinds for items that appropriately symbolize their relationships with their loved ones.

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