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[quote=Anonymous]Ugh!!!

The open one gift at a time circus is soooo excruciatingly boring and just drags and drags.  It creates awkward moments, for the giver who might be on a much lower budget than everyone else, or when someone doesn't care for a gift or received a duplicate.

My inlaws do it that way and it drives me crazy.  It goes on for hours and hours, and 90 minutes into it the kids are yawning and saying things like "I am so tired of opening presents".

What makes it worse is that they are really into exchanging and returning gifts they don't like, and they will ask for the receipt or mention they are returning it right there after they open the present.  It is such a boring and controlling way to open presents.

The free for all is such a more festive way to open presents, and it is clear to the giver that their gift is appreciated as the recipient holds it over their head, cheers, or yells thanks across the room or holds up a particularly beautifully wrapped present and exclaims "Everyone, look at this one!  Isn't the bow beautiful?".  Then at the end you have the fun of piles of wrapping paper to wade through, as everyone discusses how this was the Best-Christmas-EVER!

Nothing beats a big, joyful, Christmas gift giving extravaganza, full of honest and exuberant thanks to the givers.

I think the buoyant extravaganza vs the calm, quiet, taking turns for hours gift circle is a difference between tiny families and medium-large families.  It is like two totally different cultures.[/quote]

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