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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't mean to be snarky, but I'm curious

When people say they do want, need, wear, read and then some things that don't fit, what would you get a child that doesn't fit into those 4 categories?

I mean, I know lots of people whose IL's get them presents they neither want nor need, but as a parent, I try to avoid that.  If my kids don't want it, or need it, why would I buy it?

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Surprising my kids with things I think they'll enjoy is a major part of the holiday for me. It's my favorite part![/quote]

I'm the PP who wrote that.  Do you mean that when people say "want" they mean "asked for"?

I get my kids things they didn't ask for, but they're still things I think they'd want.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding.  I could not figure out what a kid could get for Christmas that they neither wanted or needed.  [/quote]

I think the point is that you get your kid ONE thing from each category (want, need, wear, read) so for example
Want: toy/cool gadget
Need: new toothbrush
Wear: pjs
Read: book

Sounds so boring! I’m glad my parents didn’t do that when I was a kid 😆

Our kids are each getting 5 gifts to unwrap from me/my spouse (3 packages will be toys, 1 will be books, 1 will be games), 4 gifts from grandparents, 3 gifts from aunts/uncles, 1 gift from great grandmother (all the extended family gifts will likely be toys) and a stocking full of small things “from Santa.”

When I was a kid we got SO much stuff for Christmas. Like probably 30-40 things each including all the gifts from parents, grandparents, other relatives, santa. It was obscene. And to be honest even though it was exciting and fun as a kid it was also overwhelming and even as a young kid I remember feeling nervous about it! Like worried that I’d have to spend the whole day sitting there opening things and pretending to like/thanking people for stuff I actually didn’t like! Whereas when my spouse was a kid they got 2-3 gifts total per kid (and sometimes the gifts would be pretty small/boring too) each Christmas. It just wasn’t a big holiday in his family and they are pretty minimalist. He said it was disappointing as a kid and not something he really looked forward to or enjoyed that much  :(

So for our own kids we’re trying to find a happy medium. I don’t want them to get so much that it’s overwhelming and just too much focus on gifts like in my family of origin. But I do want it to be fun and to spoil them a little at Christmas because we really never buy toys except Christmas and birthdays and it’s fun![/quote]

We did get my kids a good number of things. They each got about 10-20 things. We also did a big day where they got stockings from mom+dad, Christmas book, advent calendars and pajamas Dec 1 where they each got about 10 trinkets. My whole thing is getting higher quality toys they will actually use and not a ton of junk. I got them sporting equipment they would use during the year, picasso and magnatiles, bikes, brio train, outdoor yard equipment etc. I don't really buy many toys throughout the year and they seemed grateful and happy. [/quote]

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