Some families hand out sweaters, scented candles, or whatever they grabbed during a last-minute department-store sprint. But Warren Buffett — the famously frugal billionaire and longtime chairman of Berkshire Hathaway — had a very different approach to holiday giving. The Oracle of Omaha treated his loved ones the same way he treats the market: with a long game in mind.
For years, Buffett's go-to Christmas tradition was pure shock value. "He would always give each of us $10,000 in hundred-dollar bills. As soon as we got home, we'd spend it — whooo!" Mary Buffett told ThinkAdvisor in 2019.
