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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Outward austerity is def a WASP old money value. My rich aunts and uncles with their 20 yr old Mercedes and 10 yr old Burberry trenches also had 2-3 presents per child under the tree. As stated above, those gifts would also be quite expensive.

In contrast to my poorer relatives who wanted their kids to unwrap a few dozen presents but many of them from Dollar Tree. [/quote]

Those are both extremes.

I grew up as a child of poor immigrants. I got one Christmas gift per year. We had no family in America so I didn’t get gifts from extended family. I would sometimes get a gift from church.

We now have a seven figure HHI and my kids get 3-4 gifts from their immediate family. Then their grandparents and uncles also give them 2-3 gifts each. Our tree is surrounded by a lot of presents for everyone.

My kids want for nothing and I don’t think they really know the difference between an expensive or inexpensive gift.

How we appear to others is the absolute last thing I am thinking about. I don’t think the ugg slippers I got for my MIL will be the first envy of anyone.[/quote]

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