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[quote=Anonymous]I agree, MIL is being ridiculous by trying to force presents to be opened by her standards.

However, I came from a "one at a time" present opening family.  Youngest would open first.  All would ooh and ahh, then move on to second youngest.  And then rotate through everybody (Grandma had to open presents continually, though, because as the matriarch she had a of stuff to open, and arthritis.  And my uncles would complain if she was too slow.)  It totally worked for us!  Kids wouldn't whine about opening up their next present and would play with whatever they opened while waiting for the next round to begin.  It made present opening last a good two hours, but I remember it being loud and happy and fun!

My ILS subscribe to the gift opening frenzy that lasts maybe 15 minutes.  And at the end, the room is filled with discarded wrapping paper and everyone walks around to see what other people opened during the gift blitz.  It's fun, too!  But that first Christmas I spent with them - I was unprepared.  Seriously, I did not know presents could get opened that fast.  It was kind of jarring.  But I certainly did not attempt to change it!

So, just as you gift-blitzers may be bored to death with us one-at-a-timers, we are just as overwhelmed with the swiftness of your unwrapping.  Neither method is better.[/quote]

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