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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just had a no gift birthday party for my 10 year old. If you bring a card, it’s nice, but no one is keeping track. This is his 3rd or 4th no gift party and at first, many brought cards, but this time it was just 2 or 3. Just send your kids and enjoy! People who request no gifts really mean it. If you do bring a gift, you are just making it more uncomfortable for the host and the guests who followed their request. Take a few photos of the bday kid and their friends or record the happy birthday singing and send to the parents to show you appreciate the invitation. [/quote]

You are making guests uncomfortable with no gifts.  Why not allow gifts or are you too good for others gifts?  [/quote]

Good question. In my case, no gifts depends on the circumstance. We have a birthday party that is joint with another kid. We invite 2 classes, so that’s 40 kids. Neither the parents nor birthday kids want that many gifts. We also don’t want people to bring a gift for a kid that’s not in their class who they don’t know that well. We schedule the party Friday at noon after a half day dismissal (teacher retreat) at a park that is walking distance, so it’s nice for the kids to go straight to the party without having to take a gift to school, which is not allowed anyway. I’m also from a culture where birthdays are more about being thankful for your friends and family, so we always celebrated by being good hosts, but that’s not the main reason we did no gifts. We had a smaller gathering for my older kid - 4 friends went out to dinner and a movie, and we didn’t mention no gifts on the invite. That was a smaller group and all the kids were close to my kid. [/quote]

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