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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am so sick of doing the obligatory gift thing.  Every year I rack my brains for ideas for my parents and DH's parents.  They already have everything!  They are retired and buy whatever they want.  As a result either they ask for things that are really challenging to find (antique items from eBay) or odd hobby items (homemade fishing lures, etc).  It is HARD!  I don't have TIME! Plus DH and I are really struggling financially and spending $50 per person on christmas is killing us.

I would prefer that we not exchange gifts, but the catch is that DH and I have two kids.  Of course the grandparents should buy the kids gifts.  Would it be too weird of me to suggest that we only buy for the kids in our family?  But that would mean that our parents don't get presents from us, but are spending money on presents for our kids.  Is this unfair?  Anyone have suggestions for this?  Our kids are too young for a secret santa.[/quote]

How about you select an experience for the adults? Like you all go to a play or a concert or a hike or Habitat for Humanity, make a memory together?

That's what we do. Gifts for kids. Experience for the adults. [/quote]

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