"We give these gifts not based on the recipients' need but out of a desire to brighten someone's day and to acknowledge a job well done," says Distinctive Assets founder Lash Fary.

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This isn't the only time her son has come home with goody bags. At their "normal public school," Ransons says parents send cupcakes and goody bags for school birthday celebrations. "So he's getting ...