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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are a ton of free activities and you can drive around looking at lights. You can bake together and make new decorations. Have family movie nights to watch holiday movies. Have a special breakfast and nice dinner on Christmas. These things will make the season special. As for gifts, make a budget and stick to it. Be guided by what your kids want - if it’s a bunch of small things do that and if it’s a large gift do that. [/quote]

Matching pjs are not cheap and not good present bang for the buck but o agree otherwise with the sentiment of doing fun family activities. [/quote]

Agree, skip the matching PJs this year [/quote]

I picked up some adult sized pajamas at Carter’s today for $10 and matching kid pj’s for $6. You can do it on the cheap. [/quote]

That’s still not a good use of money that would be better spent on actual gifts. If no one needs PJs, why blow $40 on unnecessary clothing items for a one morning instagram moment instead of using it on board games or art supplies or something else that will last?  [/quote]

$24 for the kids seems worth it for me. Get them in the next size up. 
Art supplies will get blown through in a weekend.[/quote]

Is the gift for you or your kids? Young kids want things they can create or play with. They don’t want clothes, especially pajamas.[/quote] If your kids have a dozen pairs of pjs then I guess new ones are NBD. We didn't have a lot when I was a kid and every year my grandma made us pajamas with a matching stuffed animal. It was the one present we got to open Xmas eve and we looked forward to it all year. It was the only time we really got new nightgowns or pajamas--we had one set and if we outgrew it maybe we'd get a new nightgown in the summer, but the boys wore tees and underwear. For some people new pajamas is really a big deal. My mom continued that tradition for her own grandkids for many years but without the matching stuffed animas.

Side story about the stuffed animals--my depression era save everything grandma stuffed them with old pantyhose. (At least some of them.) One of my brothers took his with him when he married and his kids played with them until one sprang a hole and leaked pantyhose all over the house. His wife couldn't not figure out where these pantyhose were coming from and was getting pissed at my brother for having an affair until she tracked them down to grandmas stuffies. Ha! That must have been 30 yrs ago now. Maybe more.[/quote]

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