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[quote=Anonymous]Ask for specifics but not necessarily toys. Think outside the box; ask for books on certain subjects and interests, or equipment and or accessories for their interests, like soccer balls or a real sleeping bag, flashlight and I don’t know an outdoor family game.

Then, as others have said, purge. Do it now. Today on the way to work, I dropped off bags of outgrown clothes and soccer cleats to goodwill that my own DD put aside in our donation pile.

My ILs were the best/worst at over-buying for DC. Just an excessive, obnoxious pile of gifts at Christmas. They never listened to my gentle suggestions and preferences to scale back, so as heartless as it may sound, I’d immediately separate out the gifts: some would be put away to be brought out later (or not), some immediately donated/DC forgot about or I knew they wouldn’t ever play with it and the others would be keepers.

I was always ruthless with donating though - if I had to trip over the toy because they never put it away despite being told  to do so, donated. Conversely, if they hadn’t touched a toy for months, donated. [/quote]

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