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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Frankly, I don't want more stuff in my house so I am a big proponent of the no-gift party.  However, I don't believe in making my kid's birthday party yet ANOTHER obligation to bring something, make something, do something for my fellow moms.  So there will be no book swaps, canned good drives, clothing donations at our parties.  There will be friends and fun and cake.  Maybe a goody bag filled with candy, that's right, I said it...C-A-N-D-Y!![/quote]

+1.

Please don't use precious time you could be spending elsewhere buying my kid a gift. We have four overeager grandparents and lots of really generous aunts and uncles, great aunts and uncles, godparents etc. doing that.

The bday party is really an excuse to invite people over to hang out, eat good food, and celebrate. [/quote]

Amen.[/quote]

Same here.  I don't care if Miss Manners currently thinks it's rude (she also doesn't like gift registries) but times have changed.  It used to be that you can go to a birthday party with no gift.  The point of the party was to have fun and celebrate.  Now, gifts are not only expected, people bitch when they feel guests haven't spent enough on a gift.  Like PPs, we had limited money growing up and I'm very conscious of people feelign they can't attend because they don't have a gift.  I don't want their gift, I want their presence.  If it makes me rude to stipulate 'no gifts', so be it.  At least I have made some people feel very welcome and that outweighs the slight the affluent feel by not being able to buy my kid a gift.

BTW - I also don't write thank you notes.  I'll thank you in person and that's enough.  If you don't want to attend our party because you can't buy a gift, fine.  If you don't bring a gift because you don't ever get thank you notes, even better.  your absence is no loss.[/quote]

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