I'm surprised so many of you don't buy for your parents. My parents and MIL ask us what we want and we always tell them to only buy for our children. They end up getting us things anyway. After years they have learned and our presents are a family membership, tickets, gift card or something. We want to also buy them nice things. They are getting older and raised us.

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Anonymous wrote:In our family we welcome lists, because everyone is older and impossible to buy for and we'd rather get people something they'd enjoy. However, you are not under any obligation to get anything on the list you are sent (we call them "suggestions") and you certainly do not buy things you can't afford.

Same here.

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I hate the day after Christmas when we all rush to return the gifts we got in the store. Waste of time, energy, resources.

Anonymous wrote:In our family we welcome lists, because everyone is older and impossible to buy for and we'd rather get people something they'd enjoy. However, you are not under any obligation to get anything on the list you are sent (we call them "suggestions") and you certainly do not buy things you can't afford.

Same here.