Goat-Giving Is so Last Year. What Do You Say to a Camel?

The HeraldDecember 20, 2005

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THERE is no funnier sight this Christmas than the goat-givers who, having distributed ethical gifts to everyone, right, left, and centre, suddenly find themselves at the receiving end. "My parents have given me a goat, " announced one thirtysomething colleague, lip cartoon-wrinkly with disappointment, his dreams of a black iPod gone in a puff of African dust.

How his displeasure deepened when he found out they'd spent more on his brother's toilet in Malawi - GBP30 - than they had on his animal (GBP24).

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Goat-Giving Is so Last Year. What Do You Say to a Camel?

The area where ethical ideals meet old consumer habits is one rich with comic ironies. Goats, in case you have neither given nor received one yet, have become the new currency of Christmas. Correction. For those who really inhabit the cutting edge of life, goats are soooo last year. In fact, camels are the new g...

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