It used to happen every holiday season like clockwork. Every year, immediately after shopping for the perfect gifts for family members, friends, and business associates—and just as I started to cross names off my Christmas list—a feeling of gloom and hopelessness would consume me. Clutching my Christmas list with an iron grip and peering down through squinted, wary eyes, I would scroll down the list hesitantly, passing my mom and dad, my brother and sister, my significant other, and my nephews before reaching the bottom. And there, at the bottom of my list, I would find the source of my angst—people for whom I had absolutely no idea what to buy for Christmas.

For years, I struggled to find the words to describe these names; somehow, they seemed to appear on my Christmas list without my knowledge or consent. Only after surviving extensive, intense rehabilitation and discovering the peace of mind that comes with giving Christmas gift baskets from 1800Flowers.com, did I clearly see the problem. Today, I realize that these Christmas list “bottom dwellers” all have one thing in common: the ‘Impossible to Buy for’ (ITBF) gene. Today, I know that direct contact with these people caused my acute case of ITBF Syndrome.

Chances are you or a loved one is carrying the ITBF gene, or is suffering the agonizing symptoms of ITBF Syndrome. The syndrome’s main symptoms include racing thoughts, and long stretches of incoherent babbling punctuated by pessimistic exclamations such as, “I’ll bet you any money she already has that!” and “How can I contemplate buying a set of cheap cuff-links for someone who owns a Ferrari?!”

If these symptom’s persist for longer than four hours, do not seek immediate medical attention; instead, call or go online to 1800Flowers.com and search for a cure at the same time you search through their large selection of Christmas Flowers and gifts.

And while sending poinsettias is the most common path to a cure, you can impress your Ferrari driving friend and speed your road to recovery by sending him a Christmas gift basket. Best of all, 1800Flowers.com gift baskets have proven beneficial in treating the ITBF gene. Used regularly, 1800Flowers.com wide selection of floral arrangements and gifts has even reversed the condition altogether, attacking the ITBF gene and replacing it with the ‘Easy to Buy for’ (ETBF) gene.