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[quote=Anonymous]I'll trade you. Actually I wouldn't even want the live, laugh, love thing but the cuckoo clock might be cool. The pasta dishes wouldn't be half bad if it didn't have your name on it so now you can't get rid of it. I agree it sucks, but etiquette seems to rule and you can't tell them not to do it without looking like an ingrate.  I know it's like junk mail that keeps coming that you never signed up for.  On the plus side, etiquette works in your favor too because it would be rude of them to ask why you don't have their gifts out.  Hang on to them while you feel guilty, then donate.  For the large items we have gotten in past years, I shoved them in an out of the way cabinet. Or I put them in a box in our storage room because I don't want to be blamed if my husband misses anything from his family (which he hasn't so far).  The huge kid items I put in the basement so I don't have to look at it and then I get rid of the stuff they have outgrown. I'd try to figure out if they are doing it because they really want to whether you like it or not, or if they actually don't like shopping and would not mind cutting back.  Next year in like October, tell them the holidays are so stressful that you guys are fine with them cutting back and you'll do the same.[/quote]

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