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[quote=Anonymous]I’m 40 and my parents request, at this point, four lists (one for me, my husband, each of the kids). And my parents are divorced and both ask, so eight lists it is! It feels so indulgent, but also… yay Christmas presents? They go nuts and it’s all stuff we want/need.

That being said - I’m very careful to NEVER send before they ask. Even though this is a standard tradition, and often times I end up getting a call on like December 10th from one of them panicked saying “we haven’t gotten your lists yet!!!” and I have to say “you didn’t ask!” (But they’re always prepared so I can just send at that point) it just feels so tacky and ungrateful to assume.

I do think we’re outliers in this. But my parents love it and they have the money and it’s great!

I’ll also note my husband thought it was SO weird at first. Especially that we had to make two different lists for the two parents (“can’t we just send them the same list?” “No you’ll get a bunch of dupes!”). They also like LONG lists so there’s still an element of surprise, and he really resisted in taking the time to write them… until he woke up on Christmas to piles of presents of stuff he loved. He’s been converted for sure. [/quote]

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