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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3266760, member: 19463&quot;]We also have given up exchanging gifts inside the family.&nbsp; We buy Christmas presents for poor kids and a homeless shelter so there is still the fun of shopping.&nbsp; There are plenty of people who will appreciate something warm more than my family would.&nbsp; Our daughter started at age 13 asking for money and a ride to the big mall nearby for the after Christmas sales.&nbsp; Now she gets house accessories when needed like the new roof last winter but now at Christmas&nbsp; Our grandson is into computers and impossible to buy for since none of us speak his language.&nbsp; I do not want coins bought by people who do not speak &#039;coin&#039; and my exact dialect of &#039;coin&#039;.&nbsp; I make enough mistakes as it is.&nbsp;&nbsp; I never understood the concept of sending a check for $50 for Christmas to someone who then sends you a $50 gift certificate for a restaurant you don&#039;t like. </p><p><br /></p><p>A lot of this is the way you were raised.&nbsp; My mother was a Director of Nurses and worked every Christmas (Easter, Thanksgiving etc.) so her staff could have off with their families.&nbsp; We did &#039;Christmas&#039; a day or week early or late as the schedule required.&nbsp; As a result, I did not become attached to certain dates or times as much as people who had large families who had to bet there &#039;or else&#039;.&nbsp; This is how you become &#039;hard to buy for&#039;.&nbsp; If any of us wanted something that we could afford, we already would have bought it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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