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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ah, America. Where people complain about having too much stuff and how horrible it is giving gifts to others.

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But isn't this the point of the complaints? Probably all of us posting have plenty of "stuff" and yet we engage in this weird ritual of giving each more stuff and then getting more stuff. It's not very fulfilling, and it causes a lot of stress.

We make lovely photo albums of the kids every year and give to both sets of grandparents. It takes a lot of time to pick and arrange the photos (even though now with digital photos it is much easier, you see my point). I also love baking something special and giving it to someone. But yet some of our family still insists on exchanging lists of crap to get each other. I'm tired of it.

I love my family but Christmas to me is about having time off from work, eating special meals, getting together with loved ones, watching our kids open presents. I really don't get a lot of joy from clicking on a link a family member emailed me and hitting "add to cart" and then having them do the same. But I don't want to be the scrooge who insists we stop.[/quote]

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