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[quote=Anonymous]Need advice. Here’s the background. DH has 2 sisters, who each have 3 kids, and we have 3 kids as well. Our kids are the youngest cousins (age 10 and below) while the nieces and nephews are all high school and college age. Ever since we’ve had kids, the holiday gifts from DH’s sisters to our kids have been the worst. Just stuff that, we would never use. Often monogrammed so not returnable. And it’s not that they’re cheap - it’s just that they’re atrocious, and I hate the waste of it because we end up donating or even pitching these gifts.

Ever since the nieces and nephews hit about age 10, we’ve given cash. So it feels like we’re “paying” into this gift exchange and simply throwing $ away because we get nothing useful in return. We’ve suggested ditching the gift exchange but we’re told no because “it’s so much fun to shop for the little ones”. Last year we managed to get them to agree to a secret Santa, which seemed to work fine (we received one crappy gift per child instead of 2, lol). But this year just received a group text from one of the sisters asking for our kids sizes and telling us it’s going to be a “Taylor swift Xmas” (our kids are girls) and also that cash is best for their kids’ gifts. The other SIL chimed in to concur. WTF??

How can we put a stop to this madness? DH and I are completely on the same page but he is more apt to just go along to get along whereas I want to make it stop. I suggested a gift card for our oldest’s birthday but was met with a unicorn themed bag of bs instead, and way under grade level books for our 10 yo.

Help!! WWYD? [/quote]

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