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How does your family exchange Christmas gifts?
I have two sisters that have three kids each. We all give gifts to each other's children but don't do gifts for each other and spouses.
I would like to change how we do things but am not sure of the best solution.
So how does your family exchange Christmas gifts?
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Re: How does your family exchange Christmas gifts?
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"Someday we will look at our babies and know it will be worth it. If it was easy, we would not have had our babies, the babies we were meant to have." From Amy052006
Dh's side of the family is HUGE - 5 siblings all with kids. We used to buy for everyone, but it just got out of control. Now each couple draws 2 kids names out of hat and we set a price limit. This year it is between $30-$40 per child. We started off at $75, but that is just too much for everyone to swing anymore. Some years each couple draws another couple's name and buys for them too, but we eliminated that this year. Everyone buys for Dh's parents, but some years we pool our money and do a bigger gift.
My family is much smaller, but we still draw names and have a $50 limit.
As far as how to do it, one year Dh just started talking to his siblings and it turned out everyone thought we needed to find a way to cut back. From there, it was pretty easy. Some years we all get together to draw names and set a budget, other years we do it via email...
ETA: If it is Baby's First Christmas - everyone buys for the baby. For many years we were the only couple without children, but that is just the way the cookie crumbles. Sometimes, our siblings have given us a little something, since we give, but don't get and that was always a nice surprise
Good question! Because this year I'm quitting my job, my sister is getting married at the end of January, my mom hasn't had a job in a year, and my lovely 20yr old brother is having a baby in March. Needless to say, we need to save money. We were talking about drawing a name as well and setting a limit. It's nice to see how many others do that. However, we're the only ones with a child, so I guess we'll just draw siblings' names.
All the kids get gifts.
We do an Elfster exchange for the adults
On DH's side, we exchange gifts with his mom and grandmother. We used to pick names for the extended family (VERY large), but we ended up swapping GCs, so we stopped the madness. Now the kids pick names and exchange gifts.
On DH's side (he's the youngest of five), we just buy for the kids and the limit this year is $10 (nine kids now with the addition of Elizabeth).
On my side, we buy for everyone, but with a small family, that just means my brother, my sister/her husband, my parents and one niece.
Well there are a few ways.
For our immediate family we all buy each other gifts. There are no little children though. Just our parents and brothers.
These are all extended family
My Mom's side we don't exchange gifts, but people bring stuff for the little kids and Buszia
My Dad's side everyone's name gets picked by another family member. There is only one small child and the Aunt's will buy her separate gifts.
Dh's Mom's side only the cousin's exchange names. Again no small children.
Dh's Dad's side we don't participate in this because almost everyone is out of town and you get shipped a gift and it's pointless to me if you don't exchange gifts in person. JMO They do cousins only too on this side though
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