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Originally Posted by DrPhil
Well...I'm more bothered that people are still pushing the Santa thing in the first place. No, kids, there is no Santa, Tooth Fairy, or other stuff. If you are among the fortunate who gets gifts and stuff, you need to know those gifts and stuff come from hard working people (if they aren't stolen) who thought enough of you to be generous.
I thank God my family hasn't exchanged gifts in a generation. Grown folks get their own stuff. The holidays are to get together to laugh and have fun.
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This!
I'm also extremely happy my family decided to stop exchanging gifts years ago. It's hard for my family to all be together around the holidays now (on my mom's side alone we have people in RI, NJ, VA, FL, TN, and TX), so now only my immediate family sends gifts but they're really small and don't cost much. It's more just a way to say we're thinking of each other on the holiday. Although, my mom sends me the most stuff (a few shirts, some gift cards, and maybe a piece of jewelry she picks up at Express), and still signs everything "From: Santa"
People look at me and my significant other like we're crazy because we never exchange gifts. For us, we'd rather spend our money WITH each other rather than ON each other. For Christmas this year, it's just going to be the two of us so we're making dinner, going to a movie, and buying some different kinds of booze to experiment making some fun holiday mixed drinks. We sometimes go on trips (Vegas for his birthday 2 years ago, and we're going to Mexico in January for mine), or find something fun to do around the city. I'd rather have great memories than great stuff.