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muttered something like: I figure anyone I care enough about to be giving them a present, is someone who wouldn’t want to get one if it meant I’d have to undergo financial or emotional difficulty to get it. Huh. I’ll have to try that one on my kid this year. 
This is what grandparents are for, silly. -Bertha — Pi R Squared? No. Pie R round, Cornbread R square!
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something like: I sorry, I meant within your immediate family. My Brother says he doesn’t want to swap gifts within the immediate family. I find it depressing, but he’s a jerk so whats new? He says he’s too old to go XMas shopping.
If he doesn’t wanna, he doesn’t wanna. Better no gift than one given grudgingly, or feeling obligated because everyone else is giving them. You guys do what feels right to you, and let him do what’s right for him. If we’re only giving gifts because we want to receive them, we’re giving them for the wrong reasons anyway. -Bertha — "I understand. Let us celebrate our agreement with the adding of chocolate to milk." — Homer Simpson
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That’s not to say I don’t give gifts … I just don’t wait for one day out of the year anymore. My friends know who they are and if I find something with their name on it and I have money, they’re getting it … it doesn’t matter when it is or when the last time was that I bought something for them. Ditto. I love giving a gift that is perfect for the person at any time of the year, for no reason at all. But I hate the commercialism of giftmas and refuse to participate in it anymore.
I hate it too, but I have two kids who still believe in Santa (or at least pretend to) so I’m in. A
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Do you all still swap gifts at XMas? Do you mean within the group? I don’t think we ever did. A I sorry, I meant within your immediate family. My Brother says he doesn’t want to swap gifts within the immediate family. I find it depressing, but he’s a jerk so whats new? He says he’s too old to go XMas shopping.
I could live without swapping gifts, especially with my parents. They buy crappy presents, and I never, ever know what to get them. I’d much rather subscribe to the Walter/jcdill school. I don’t have any brothers or sisters, so I don’t know how I would feel about that. We exchange gifts with my husband’s siblings, but most of what we get them is obligatory, not inspired. I do feel bad for you – if you were here I’d bake you some cookies. A
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-Bertha — Old MacDonald had a computer with EIA I/O.
Errr EISA I/O….. but if you really meant ‘Old Macdonald’ then it might really have been ISA I/O or perhaps MCA or…. DNA
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I hate it too, but I have two kids who still believe in Santa (or at least pretend to) so I’m in.
Who taught them to believe in Santa? How old are they?
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I hate it too, but I have two kids who still believe in Santa (or at least pretend to) so I’m in. Who taught them to believe in Santa? How old are they?
36 and 44
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Do you all still swap gifts at XMas? Do you mean within the group? I don’t think we ever did. A I sorry, I meant within your immediate family. My Brother says he doesn’t want to swap gifts within the immediate family. I find it depressing, but he’s a jerk so whats new? He says he’s too old to go XMas shopping. Well, fuck ‘im, then. Give to whomever you wish and let Bro suck eggs.
I was kinda bummed about it at first, but now I feel relieved that I don’t have to spend alot of $$$ on XMas now. I might send out more XMas cards instead.
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I hate it too, but I have two kids who still believe in Santa (or at least pretend to) so I’m in. Who taught them to believe in Santa? How old are they? 36 and 44
You believe in Santa Claus? I believe he’s a Titanium PowerSeller with a spotless feedback record. The only problem is…..he only delivers his stuff once a year. But shipping is free.
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muttered something like: Old MacDonald had a computer with EIA I/O. Errr EISA I/O….. but if you really meant ‘Old Macdonald’ then it might really have been ISA I/O or perhaps MCA or….
Hmm… been so long since I swiped that tagline (FIDOnet, anyone?) I don’t know WHAT the original author might have meant. But ISA or MCA keeps the meter better. -Bertha — I wanted a perfect ending…. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. — Gilda Radner
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Do you all still swap gifts at XMas?
No … I gave it up more than 20 years ago. I now laugh at all the people who fight the crowds in stores this time of year looking for that "perfect" gift. That’s not to say I don’t give gifts … I just don’t wait for one day out of the year anymore. My friends know who they are and if I find something with their name on it and I have money, they’re getting it … it doesn’t matter when it is or when the last time was that I bought something for them.
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That’s not to say I don’t give gifts … I just don’t wait for one day out of the year anymore. My friends know who they are and if I find something with their name on it and I have money, they’re getting it … it doesn’t matter when it is or when the last time was that I bought something for them.
Ditto. I love giving a gift that is perfect for the person at any time of the year, for no reason at all. But I hate the commercialism of giftmas and refuse to participate in it anymore. jc
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muttered something like: That’s not to say I don’t give gifts … I just don’t wait for one day out of the year anymore. My friends know who they are and if I find something with their name on it and I have money, they’re getting it … it doesn’t matter when it is or when the last time was that I bought something for them. Ditto. I love giving a gift that is perfect for the person at any time of the year, for no reason at all. But I hate the commercialism of giftmas and refuse to participate in it anymore.
I admit it, I still give people presents at Christmas. But I don’t get all stressed and hyper about it, and I avoid the retail stores in December as much as possible. I figure anyone I care enough about to be giving them a present, is someone who wouldn’t want to get one if it meant I’d have to undergo financial or emotional difficulty to get it. -Bertha — Old MacDonald had a computer with EIA I/O.
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Do you all still swap gifts at XMas? Do you mean within the group? I don’t think we ever did. A
I sorry, I meant within your immediate family. My Brother says he doesn’t want to swap gifts within the immediate family. I find it depressing, but he’s a jerk so whats new? He says he’s too old to go XMas shopping.
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Do you all still swap gifts at XMas? Do you mean within the group? I don’t think we ever did. A I sorry, I meant within your immediate family. My Brother says he doesn’t want to swap gifts within the immediate family. I find it depressing, but he’s a jerk so whats new? He says he’s too old to go XMas shopping.
So tell him it’s fine if he doesn’t send/bring gifts, and do as your heart tells you in response. For some folks the necessary output of time, energy, thought, and money are over-whelming; for others, the holiday just isn’t enough of a big deal to balance the energy/time/though/money loss. Let him handle it however he wants, and you [and the rest of the family] can do what suits you. My immediate family’s pretty small these days. On my side, there’s only my sister and her husband and my son and his girlfriend. We buy gifts for folks all year long, but Christmas (even for me, a non-Christian) is a special time for us, and we enjoy the getting-together, the little suspense moments of rattling and shaking parcels, and the surprises found within the boxes. Sometimes finding the right gift *is* stressful, but the fun stuff far outweighs the PIA parts. My husband has a only couple of far-away sisters and a semi-estranged daughter and grandson, but he wouldn’t miss sending gifsts to them. He had a difficult childhood and only a few years ago discovered (or more correctly, was found by) a half-sister and half-brother he didn’t know he had. Give your brother a free pass for the holiday season, and just work around him as best you can. — Ty Who is mostly just a slightly skewed Donna Reed Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves. ~~ William Pitt, 18 Nov 1783
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I figure anyone I care enough about to be giving them a present, is someone who wouldn’t want to get one if it meant I’d have to undergo financial or emotional difficulty to get it.
Huh. I’ll have to try that one on my kid this year.
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Do you all still swap gifts at XMas? Do you mean within the group? I don’t think we ever did. A I sorry, I meant within your immediate family. My Brother says he doesn’t want to swap gifts within the immediate family. I find it depressing, but he’s a jerk so whats new? He says he’s too old to go XMas shopping.
Well, fuck ‘im, then. Give to whomever you wish and let Bro suck eggs.
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Do you all still swap gifts at XMas?
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Do you all still swap gifts at XMas?
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Do you all still swap gifts at XMas?
Do you mean within the group? I don’t think we ever did. A
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says… Do you all still swap gifts at XMas?
Sure! I always *love* my gifts from Lumpy!
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says… Do you all still swap gifts at XMas? Sure! I always *love* my gifts from Lumpy!
Me, too. Kris Line forms in the back of the van….behind me Far behind me
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Do you all still swap gifts at XMas?
Yes. Though it’s mostly with my parents, close relatives, and a few friends. — When you hear the toilet flush, and hear the words "uh oh", it’s already too late. - by anonymous Mother in Austin, TX Spam block in place, no emil reply is expected at all.
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Do you all still swap gifts at XMas?
Hell yes! — Ty Who is mostly just a slightly skewed Donna Reed Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves. ~~ William Pitt, 18 Nov 1783
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Do you all still swap gifts at XMas? Hell yes!
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