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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow these responses strike me as nuts. Yes, op, I've absolutely donated gifts basically upon opening. My kids never noticed. Sometimes when they were little I opened them before they did (if they were mailed to us) and donated before kids even saw them. We have a small apartment and kids have tons of toys here and at school. They're totally happy kids and hopefully the recipients of the donated toys were happy, too. Or maybe they regifted, also. Whatever![/quote]

You intercepted your kids gifts, opened them, and donated them before they even saw them?!?

Omg you win shitty parent of the year. And that’s saying a lot on DCUM. [/quote]

Okay, I do this all the time because my parents will arbitrarily send 7 gifts to one kid and one to another.  Asking them not to do this results in tears and the silent treatment.  I also open the gifts ahead of time, because they send wildly inappropriate things (large Swiss Army knife for a 5 yo).  And we get bombarded with stuff.  As in, over 150 tree ornaments in the last 10 years from my stepmother.  My ornament box is full and I’m not buying another so that I can indulge her shopping.

My family is so dysfunctional on a day to day basis that it is hard to indulge what might seem like little quirks at the holidays.[/quote]

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