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[quote=Anonymous]$25 is a perfectly reasonable gift limit amount. Why would you want to give anything more, OP? It's so uncomfortable to see some parents give outrageously expensive gifts to their teachers - it is simply to show off your own money and gain favors from the teachers. Yuck!

Trust me - my mother was a teacher at a very nice and well known independent school in the NE for many years and sometimes she and her colleagues would receive crazy expensive gifts (Hermes scarfs, gift certificates to the Met, etc.) and it would actually make them uncomfortable. She much preferred the thoughtful card and mug from a child. When a family gave such an elaborate gift it made the gift about the family, not the teacher (i.e. "Look at me! I can afford this so I must appreciate and like you better as a teacher so you need to like my child more!"). It was very off-putting to her and the other teachers when this happened (I attended a few Christmas parties with her colleagues). Don't do it, OP. Also, creativity goes a long way with gifts (and not just for teachers). $25 is plenty to be creative.[/quote]

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