re: Adult family members still exchanging gifts

I think she's getting you cocoa butter.

It's common knowledge how much B hates stretch marks.

We did an ugly Christmas sock thing. Any adult in the family that wanted to participate was to buy an ugly pair of socks and stuff them with whatever. Then everyone pulled numbers and picked socks.

Turned out to be pretty fun.

The worst is the one where you can steal presents from the other person. People always get pissed. Always. Stealing better presents from others. Pretty sure that's what Jesus was hoping his birthday would evolve into.

It works for an office setting I guess. Not so much for family.

Is god children a Catholic thing?

I love giving gifts. We give all parents and step parents gifts, and we do a secret Santa deal with just my siblings and their spouses, and on my wife's side, siblings and certain cousins and their spouses. So it works out to seven gifts to parents and four gifts to siblings/cousins.

And of course all the chirren get awesome presents from their awesome aunt and uncle.

One year my mother in law will finally just give in and give me a giftcard someplace. I will say the years she gives me jewelry she always picks out great stuff that I love and wear all the time.


I don't care how "boring" it is...give me a giftcard and you just gave me two gifts. I get to go shopping and get myself something I may not normally buy for myself.

I think it's a Christian thing Ryno.

The adults still exchange gifts, but our family isn't that big. 4 siblings, 1 BIL, 1 SIL, mom and dad, 1 nephew, 2 nieces. My sister also exchanges with her in-laws which is a little more, but still only 1 kiddo. That kid is going to start racking up in the next couple of years.