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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]once all anyone will accept is cash, it is time to stop gifting.

we switched to a secret santa where each person gets one person to shop for.  it is online and the online site does the picking names.  there is also a place where people can enter wish lists.  makes that part of  christmas much more enjoyable.[/quote]

This. I put a stop to our ever-growing, increasingly more complicated and expensive cousin and aunt and uncle gift exchange years ago. Once I started buying my SIL gifts right from a gift registry or when my BIL requested a gift card from a specific store, I knew it had to end. So, around late summer I sent an email that said due to our own kids’ various ages (and very specific interests) PLUS my own wish to simplify the holidays, we were no longer doing this gift exchange.

We also drew names so that each child would “only” have to buy for the assigned cousin and did same for adults. Still. I ended up going all of the shopping, wrapping and (overseas) shipping.

All of this said, send the email saying you are not participating. [/quote]

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