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littlebit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-20-08 08:32 PM
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All of my brothers need to quit breeding.
It seems like every year I have to add at least one more kid to my damn christmas list. I am up to 14 now and that is just the little rug rats. That's not counting my six brothers or their wives or my parents. Some days I wish I was an only child like my girlfriend. Christmas would be so much cheaper.
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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-20-08 09:18 PM
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1. Yep, it's expensive when you have lots of nieces, nephews.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-20-08 11:50 PM
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2. I have a bunch of nieces and nephews too - here's how we solve the problem:
The kids draw names. Each cousin gets a gift for just one cousin, and no person or couple has to buy gifts for ALL of the kids (except my parents, who are the grandparents of 12 and the great-grandparents of one).

My siblings and I are in a name draw also, with two of our cousins. (We draw as couples, so one couple buys for one other couple.)
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littlebit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-21-08 12:11 AM
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3. I think I am going to suggest that for next year.
It's just getting to be to much.
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Diana Prince Donating Member (267 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-21-08 12:12 AM
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4. With 17 nieces and nephews plus my own two it was getting to be too much
We now have an ornament exchange with my 3 siblings and parents. Each year we try to find an ornament that somehow represents our families personalities. We have to give the same ornament to everyone and we have a limit of $5 for each one. It's a blast to see what everybody gives and we actually have something that we use and will cherish for years to come.
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littlebit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-21-08 12:16 AM
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5. That's a cool idea.
I think I am going to bring that one up too.
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-21-08 12:29 PM
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12. I LOVE that idea!
Christmas ornaments can be rare because, since they're only used once a year, a family can keep ornaments from one generation to another. I have a few from my childhood that I cherish. I'm going to bring this up at this year's family Christmas riot.
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ThatsMyBarack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-21-08 12:41 AM
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6. "If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life,....
"Never make a pretty woman your wife!"

You might end up with more kids to shop for! ;)
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Blue Diadem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-21-08 07:16 AM
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7. My husband's family had a gift exchange for the siblings/spouses & kids.
They drew names at Thanksgiving. It made it much easier. That way, we were buying for 5 instead of buying for 27.





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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-21-08 07:53 AM
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8. One of mine needs casterated
Hec, I'll hold him down! :)

:hi:
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LiberalEsto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-21-08 08:28 AM
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9. Put the names in a hat and have a drawing
That's what we used to do. My husband is one of 8, and has 23 nieces and nephews. We have two of our own. It got pretty overwhelming for a while before the kids grew up. I came up with the hat idea. We put all the kids' names in one hat, adults in the other. Every adult drew out one or more kids and and one adult, so you could afford to buy something nice for just a few.
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AwakeAtLast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-21-08 12:19 PM
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10. Draw names, $25 limit
My family has done that for years and it makes it affordable for everyone. Everyone seems to enjoy and doesn't act like they are missing out. We also have each person unwrap (youngest to oldest) so that everyone can see what they got.

Oh and when we draw names, we have each person write down three things they would like on the paper that gets drawn.
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-21-08 12:24 PM
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11. It is really bad in my family
I just get gifts for the little ones I can not afford to do otherwise , and my grandchildren who are older understand . I tell them that I am drowning in "stuff" , so they should use whatever they would spend on me on the kids !It doesn't always work though .
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