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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child's gift is that he got a fabulous party, apart from that, he needs to be a good host, making sure that his friends are enjoying the party.

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This.  We don't have parties every year for our kids.  Growing up my parents didn't have the time, energy, or money to host home birthday parties for us very often so I feel it is a luxury, not a given for our kids to have a birthday party with friends. Also, I agree with pp about the gifts and not knowing what someone's situation may be.  I remember in high school some kids would give a $50 sweaters to their best friend as a holiday gift.  My family was in a different economic situation than my classmates so there was no way I could give gifts on that level. I know sometimes kids have come to my dd party and said that they forgot to bring a gift and will get it to us later.  Even if it never happens, there is no pressure or public notice that they didn't bring a gift and we want the focus on them being there to celebrate their friend's birthday.

In regards to knowing a gift was appreciated, there have been people that take a picture with their kid opening the gift/using the toy and include it with the thank you note to personalize it even more.[/quote]

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