Is this a new thing? I don't ever recalling giving teachers gifts. Not that they didn't deserve them, but it certainly was not done.

Until I was in the 8th grade, I was in a bunch of different elementary schools. I was one of the kids who got reduced/free lunch. There was no way my mom would have been able to buy my teachers gifts. And there was no pressure to do so. No one did, not even the rich kids.

Just wondering when this all came about...