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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Experience gifts don’t make sense in UMC circles. It’s not like the kids would be paying for their ice cream/museum/movie entry anyway. The parents would. My kids don’t care if you pay or I do - it’s free to them either way.[/quote]

Yes, this is definitely true for us.   Going out to movies/ice cream/museums/McDonald's are all things that we do with our kids anyway, especially around the holidays, so I would feel like it isn't much of a "gift" to give them something they would likely have done anyway.  They don't pay for those things with their own money.  Same with clothes and even books -- my kids know that if they ever want a book, they just have to ask and I will gladly purchase it from Amazon on the spot (to promote/encourage reading).  Not that my kids don't appreciate receiving books as gifts, I just feel sort of bad about it.[/quote]

it sounds like both of you pp's have plenty of money. For some people, the gift card would be the difference between the kid having the experience or not. That said, I haven't provided guidelines to anyone for gift giving unless asked.[/quote]

I’m one of the PP’s and while this is true, even families with less money would have more left over for experiences if they weren’t roped into all this forced gift giving. I admit everyone I exchange with is more than comfortable financially and as a result the gift giving feels like a giant waste of everyone’s time as well just exchange sweaters and legos and Nintendo games. I’d love to just stop but I know I’m alone on this.[/quote]

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