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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For me "no gifts" translate to "cash only".  Since I normally spend $25 for a kid's gift, I will send an Amazon e-gift card of the same amount.

If they have specified "canned goods", I will not send my kid with a can.  I will buy $25 worth of cans.[/quote]

In the first case, I understand that you see giving a gift card as being generous but I see it as you're still not doing what the host has asked. No gifts means no gifts at all--not an e-gift card either. I'm not saying I don't think most people would be happy to receive a gift card...I'm saying that you're still going against their stated wishes if you do this and it's no necessary. A kids' bday party is not a wedding. At a wedding, if they specify no gifts often it is still expected that a guest give a monetary gift. It's a custom. There is no such custom for a kid's bday party.

For the canned goods, since they're being donated to a food drive, it's great to give as much as you can/want.[/quote]

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