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[quote=Anonymous]This isn't a rich person's problem. It's a stupid person's problems. I have 20M but have never thought to overdecorate or overbuy at Christmas. That would majorly stress me out - I don't like too much stuff.

We give 1 or 2 gifts to our parents (not siblings), 3-4 for our two children, and 1 gift per person to another family that we share the Holiday with. We have a wreath at the door, and a tree with its baubles. I use the Christmas kitchen towels. We have a nice meal for Christmas Day and New Year's, but nothing very special the other days. We don't host parties. Our favorite outing is going to cut our own Christmas tree. We never did pics with Santa, trawling the mall for gifts, etc. When the kids were little, we'd do the Brookside Gardens Garden of Lights.

For me, and I'm going to say that for most people, keeping it simple is easy and normal. No one in my circle is whining about consumerism, because they don't usually overspend or overdo things. Even though some of them are doing very well. My richest friends spend on travel and hobbies throughout the year, not on more gifts under the tree.

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