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snowball Downsizer Moderator
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Bugs
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Sarah D
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wellington womble
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This is our last year of bought presents (for my family) next year my mother and I have agreed to make everything. Hampers go down really well with grandparents, and if you sneak in your home made stuff into other people, they usually say how marvellous it is, and then they appreciate it (it helps with some people if they don't know you made it until afterwards!)
Most people do appreciate it, as long as it is good stuff, so I find it best to keep if simple. People who don't appreciate it, either get recycled gifts (they usually buy us rubbish to start with, so we rotate them) or get an equally thoughtless present, paid for by returning their thoughtless present. I often buy presents for children only (who love home made everything) and either don't do teenagers (incorporating them into a family present) or cop out and send vouchers (but only if I acually like them, and they apprciate it!)
At the moment we buy for himselfs family, and like it or not, I'm doing all my christmas shopping in oxfam next year - they have some fantastic gifts - or buying trees and so on. Someone might as well benefit from the wasted cash! I wish people would do it for us, instead of buying us another chocolate fondue set! I am planning to shamelessly return them all this year! One nameless person has bought us the relaxing classic FM album 3 years in a row! |
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bernie-woman
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 7824 Location: shropshire
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