How does your family handle gifts for Christmas?
- on 02.09.09
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Now that we are all older and have our own children- my sisters and brothers and I draw names for christmas. We set a limit (usually around $50) and you buy that much for one person- and we keep who you have a secret. Then since the children are little still (between 8months and 7 years) we just all buy them gifts. This helps so we aren't buying 20 dollar gifts for the 7 of us siblings-
Now, on my moms side of the family (the extended family- aunts, uncles, grandparents) we started a tradition a few years ago. Ever since we were small, we drew names- but it was getting "boring" to buy things and with such a large family- nobody ever had much money. Sooooo we decided to do a gift exchange (we usually play a game like pass the presents until the music stops) only the gifts have to be hand/home made. It's inexpensive and sooo fun! The gifts mean so much more- things range from stained glass to jewelry to Food (cookies and bread) etc..
WHAT ARE SOME TRADITIONS YOUR FAMILY HAS?
We usually just buy for the kids(my nephews) and my brothers buy for my kids. Nothing big,just $15 to $20 gifts. We stoppd buying for eachother because it was getting too expensive!!LOL. We usually spilt on gifts for our parents as well. I also get gifts for my kids' god-parents. I usually try to get them something the kids can personalize.
well we all have kids and our family is huge we draw names for the adults spending limit is $50 and we buy all the kids gifts
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Well I have a small family and no kids so that sounds great but it wouldn't work for us. What we do is on Christmas Eve we all stay up real late till midnight sometimes 2 and we open are gifts. We eventually go to sleep and then watch movies, eat, and just play games on Christmas Day!
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Our families have grown throughout the years so we try to keep it simple and easy. For all the nephews and nieces all adults must have a gift for them. No min no max, just whatever we can afford. As for us adults, we draw names and must have a gift for the name we draw. If you have extra money to get gifts for others then it's at your own convenience. Every year, all the adults chip in to buy an extravagant gift for my in laws. The most extravagant gift they received so far was a few years ago when they got the Benz SUV they've always wanted. These traditions are for my husband's side. My side not so much since they don't celebrate any of the Holidays. Even though they don't I try my best to give gifts to the little ones as best as I could, and to my siblings if I have any to give.
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We usually just buy for the kids(my nephews) and my brothers buy for my kids. Nothing big,just $15 to $20 gifts. We stoppd buying for eachother because it was getting too expensive!!LOL. We usually spilt on gifts for our parents as well. I also get gifts for my kids' god-parents. I usually try to get them something the kids can personalize.
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Well, this year is different. My mom was just diagnosed with stage 4 non-small cell lung cancer (non-smoker) and instead of buying gifts, just to BUY them…we're all going to donate what we would normally spend (about $50 a person) to the cancer society. My Grandfather has Parkinson's and every year i donate to the Michael J Fox foundation in his name.
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