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[quote=Anonymous]This is an odd year for us -- we're living in a rental with our two young kids while our house is being renovated, and we're actually having to switch to another short-term rental in Jan for a few more months since everything is behind schedule. With all the moving, we are living very minimally with just a few outfits/toys etc, to keep it easy. But, Christmas is coming and our families like to give lavishly.. think 3-5 presents from each adult to every other adult, with multiple siblings/cousins/etc etc. We literally have to spend the day after Christmas opening presents the ENTIRE day because otherwise we wouldn't have time to eat on Christmas. I'd love to send a message to everyone to keep it minimal for us this year, like 1 gift per adult, maybe 2 for each kid? I also have a sibling who lives across the country and we've sent each other presents for 20 years, but his kids are grown now and I don't feel the need to keep sending presents, especially this year, and I want them to send anything to us either -- is it rude to send everyone a message that we're paring down on Christmas this year due to all the moves? How can I phrase it?[/quote]

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