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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We split gifts between Xmas Eve night and Xmas morning. They get about 5 on each. We include one book each and a card or board game to share. They usually also ask for clothes. Sometimes the big gift is a couple hundred $, especially now that they are teens. This year one of them is getting AirPods. Last year someone got sports equipment. When they were younger we would always have one gift like Lego or snapcircuits that would keep them busy for a while. 
[b]My in laws used to send about 20 gifts for each kid, and my parents would send one more expensive one.[/b] Now they all just send cash, $100 per child. [/quote]

OP here and did this taper off on its own or did you ask them to stop? This is an issue we've run into with my family because my mom cannot just buy one gift. I will withhold gifts to go be at valentines day or Easter when she overdoes it. I've asked her to stop but I don't think she knows how.
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A little bit of both. As the kids got older, it got harder to find things to gift. 
When they were younger we would tell MIL over and over to stop sending so much and we specifically listed items we didn’t want (she sent them anyway). It’s easier to get a bunch of things for little kids - a stuffed animal, a Lego kit, a doll, a craft kit, a ball etc etc. 
as the kids became teens, we also said over and over that they either want one specific item or cash. [/quote]

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