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Originally posted by Pink_Bug
A tradition that I started last year with my little girl is to take her to a dollar store (or some other cheap store so I won't go broke doing this) and let her pick out gifts to give the grandparents and aunts & uncles. I love to watch her as she picks out what she feels is the perfect gift for everyone (and I love to hear her reasons why she picked each gift). It is also really sweet to watch everyone open her gifts and "pretend" that she has given them just what they wanted. It has become a highlight of our family holiday get-together and it helps everyone remember what it was like to be a child a Christmas.
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I think this is a really great thing for parents to have their kids do. So many family don't do gifts for the adults, etc. and a lot of times the kids are just getting all the gifts. It really helps teach them the joy of giving, and it's fun for the adults, too!
Though the first year my aunt and uncle did this with my little cousin, he picked out a pregnancy test for me (um, yeah, not to mention the WTF is a pregnancy test doing at the dollar store?). Thankfully they did have him pick out something else!
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