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Originally Posted by Yorkiedaze  I don't think Christmas should be only about giving and receiving gifts. It's a celebration of Christs birth. We need to give thanks that we have each other. Even if we never give a gift, it would still be wonderful to have friends and family to share a big feast with to give thanks for all that we do have. One year I did not buy the boys anything. Instead I had them help me get home made goodies made, wrapped and we took them to the senior center. They were not too terribly happy until they started talking to all the old folks who didn't even have any family to share with. One of my sons even broke down and cried. Afterwards I took them out for pie and hot chocolate and coffee. They were very happy and to this day it touches their hearts to reminisce. |
This is the way my family does it, is all about been toguether with the family, the gifts is usually for the small children who still believe in Santa, all of the panamanias friends and family that I know does it this way. When I came here I was like in shock
, and for some member of my hubby in-law family is like a competition who give more and expensive gifts
, I also saw it at work in GE.