In my honest opinion there is no such thing as a free gift if you look at the logistics of things. Receiving a gift for nothing gives the person an illusion of the idea of “free.”
Thinking about this prompt reminds me of an Economics lesson when I was taking that class in high school. My teacher Mr. Bills engaged the class with a question similar to that of the free gift. He said, “Is there such a thing as a free lunch?” Many kids who just talk for the sole reason to hear their voice would say yes without even thinking of the question. The problem lies in how the lunch came to be, much like the “gift.” The lunch/gift didn’t just appear to the giver to hand off to someone, one must take in account that someone had to pay raw materials to make the finish product, as well as transportation, marketing and all that mumbo jumbo. So by handing off a “free” gift it doesn’t really entail that it is free, someone along the line had to pay for the product, the time, the labor for something in order to made that gift exist.
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I understand where you're coming from with the lunch concept you're other teacher was discussing. But, there are still ways around that. There could most certainly be a free lunch. If you walk to the park, pick some berries and fruit from a tree, and eat them, they are free. Nobody paid for the earth to grow these fruits. They grow naturally, and anybody can pick them to eat for free. Plus, if you are walking to the park, you aren't paying transportation at all. Hence, a free lunch.
There also can be free gifts in the same regard. If you walk through the park with a loved one, and pick a flower from the ground to give to them, it is a free gift. Once again, nobody paid for that flower to be there, it just naturally is. This would probably make your loved one just as happy as receiving flowers from the store.
So yes, I think there can be free gifts. They just aren't as common as gifts that are purchased. And when you take into account all of the ways that it could cost money to get and give someone a gift, there are far more gifts that are paid for than free.
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