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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][twitter][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Experiences are always great, and can be renewed each year!

Membership to a local zoo, aquarium, indoor playground, etc.

A paint your own pottery place.

Gift card to the movies. [/quote]

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Pay for Larla's dance lessons
Pay for Larlo's tennis lessons

Only issue is you need to send a photo once in a while of progress if the grandparents live far away and can't easily see recitals, matches, games, belt tests, swim meets, etc. [/quote]

Something actually useful? Don't be ridiculous! Grandma wants to buy something they can unwrap. Make sure it costs less than $30 and they better be jumping for joy when they open it.[/quote]

This. It's a nice idea to suggest experience gifts, and I made the suggestion many times over the years for my now teenagers, but there is no way anyone in my family would ever go for it. It **had** to be something tangible no matter how useless and disposable. This year we (as in just nuclear family) are actually going on vacation OVER Christmas for the first time ever, which I'm thrilled about, partly in an attempt to actually make Christmas itself be more about experiences and less about gifts.[/quote]

The problem with experience gifts is that they are generally expensive — eg tickets to a show, museum membership etc.  it’s not in the same category as buying a copy of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.[/quote]

If you added up the endless plastic trinkets grandparents bought my kids this year alone I guarantee the total would eclipse a $200 zoo membership.[/quote]

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