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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ugh. That is just way too much stuff.

If she is reasonable, yes, put some in the baskets--but more to the point, ask her to give no more than 1 gift per kid for minor holidays outside of birthdays and Christmas.

You say chronic over gifter...have you ever told her outright that it is too much?[/quote]

My husband and I have both tried to anticipate the big gift occasions and have said things like: 
- "it would be great if you would give something like a museum membership or tickets to a show instead of gifts", which resulted in the usual gifts PLUS the membership/tickets
OR
- "we are really trying to cut back on stuff, so if you could stick with two gifts per child, that would be great" (at christmas), which resulted in two big gifts per kids, PLUS the usual small gifts

And we've told her after Christmas that we weren't able to open all the gifts that she sent so we had to put them away for another time, which I know is too subtle. But we haven't actually received a box and said "this is too much".  I just feel bad saying that outright when she's already picked everything, wrapped it up, and sent it out.  I should man up and be more direct.
Or just change my attitude and deal with the gifts. [/quote]

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