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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]As an introvert, I really hate opening presents one by one on Christmas day[/b]. That's also how my MIL does it. It puts me in the spotlight and annoys me. My family each opens one gift, then another, then another, but all at the same time. So not necessarily a free for all, but still a controlled opening. [/quote]

Me, too.  In my family we just open the gifts at more or less the same time, and catch the attention of the person who gave the gift and thank them when we open their gift.  I was sort of taken aback the first time I spent Christmas with my ILs and found out they did the whole turn-taking thing.  To me it combines the worst part or being at someone else's baby/wedding shower (watching someone else open a million gifts) with the worst part of your own shower (being the center of attention while opening your own gifts).  I have gotten more used to it over the years, but I still don't like it.

Also, I think it highlights any inequity in the number of gifts received by different people; somehow it's weird when some people have gifts and others don't, even though it really shouldn't be.  The year my SIL gave gifts to all of her siblings except my husband, I probably wouldn't have noticed if it had been more of a free for all.

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