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[quote=Anonymous]OP, it sounds like you might be from somewhere else and/or a different cultural background and didn’t grow up with Santa or presents on Christmas. If that’s the case, that’s a fortunate thing and you can use this Christmas and the next few to slowly reset to match your own preferences.

I grew up in the US and my Christmas traditions were set by my mom’s side of the family. They grew up very poor so when Santa came to my house, he was pretty generous. But it was the 80s and things were still relatively expensive, so we got one “big” thing and everything else was small or practical.

My DH grew up in another western country but his parents are immigrants from Asia. They grew up celebrating Christmas as just a Christian religious holiday, and the big presents (money) and family time come at Lunar New Year.

We borrow from both of our family traditions. Santa doesn’t go too bonkers because he has to make sure he has room for things for other children. And anything Santa doesn’t bring can be bought with lai see (red envelope) money in January…but my kids usually have forgotten about it by then. We have a small extended family, though, so we don’t have to deal with lots of gifts or being overwhelmed.

Anyway: there is no rule about Santa or Christmas. Santa follows the traditions of each family. And you’re allowed to donate unneeded gifts to charity. Join a Facebook Buy Nothing group for your neighborhood right now and you can get those unused gifts to a family that could really use them before Christmas![/quote]

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