The Gift of Giving

Tis the season to shop until you drop but sometimes, when you're forced to circle a parking lot like a shark preying on a seal or stand on a 20-minute line in Hollister, you wonder what it's all about. But then there are the times when the moon and the stars align and you stumble upon that perfect gift for someone that you just can't wait to watch them open Christmas day. Patch hit the Jersey Shore Premium Outlets in Tinton Falls to ask shoppers if they'd found the Holy Grail of holiday shopping and what it entailed. Surprisingly, many questioned had snapped up that perfect pair of Uggs or digital camera and were anticipating their loved ones' reactions. For one couple getting married later in January and blending two families Brady-style, the just right gift wasn't found in a store. But wherever, however, the present was procured, it confirms that Santa might really be on to something.