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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We always say no gifts because we don’t want anyone to feel like a gift is necessary for their child to attend. I would never think you are a jerk for bringing a gift though. (My kid is always delighted!) People on here need to lighten up. For some families, it’s really weird not to bring a gift to a party. [/quote]

We say no gifts because we want the whole preschool / younger elementary age class to come. If people bring one anyway, I thank them and set it out of the way. There are a lot of immigrant families at our school and I don’t want them to think a gift WAS expected when we explicitly said “no gifts”.  When we switched to “no gifts” and “siblings welcome” we went from having 1/2 the class rsvp to all but 1 or 2.

Even for families that can afford an extra $10-20, if each kid has 20 kids in their class and you have 2-3 kids, it adds up to a lot of money. We went to ALL the parties in preschool when we were trying to meet other parents, but now that my kids are mid-elementary, I will ask them how well they know a kid before we rsvp. I’d rather meet my kids’ peripheral friends and acquaintances at a no gift party than have a bunch of $15 Lego sets. 
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