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      12-26-2018, 07:40 AM   #45
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Oh lol, I just realized I fucked up the topic. From your family.

Oh well, not the worst mistake of the season...
I don't think you did, I think the title got changed.

So now that the question is different, here is my new answer. I'm actually a little bummed out the last two years. I always enjoyed thinking of and giving the perfect gifts to my 9 nieces and nephews. I love seeing them scream "OMG, Aunt Laura, I love it!" The baby is now 15 and the rest range in age between 19 and 24. There are no more WOW gifts. They have everything and what they don't have and want are big ticket items. So unless they have a list and want something specific, they get money to put towards the big ticket items. They enjoy getting the cash but I hate it. I feel like I'm being lazy but I'm not going to buy something just for the sake of buying something.

The few real gifts I gave this year were headphones for one niece and a good pair of walking boots as she is going to Scotland next week. Her sister just got her first car which didn't come with Nav so I gave her money for some kind of software upgrade to link to her phone. I also got her one of those air compressors for her tires. One of my nephews got money towards tires and wheels. And in a blink, another Christmas has come and gone.
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My whole family in the same room simultaneously. Only happens a few times a year, max.

My dad is still going strongly at 87 and my mom is 5 years clear of cancer. Brother still improving after massive catastrophic stroke. My daughter just received word that she got an internship in the governor's office.

I also got socks from my daughter and wads of cash from parents. The cash thing is so odd from my parents but old habits die hard, I guess.

It was a good Christmas.

Merry Christmas, all.
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Daughter is going to Law School next year. I need every thin dime.
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They enjoy getting the cash but I hate it. I feel like I'm being lazy
THIS!!!! At least TRY to get something for the kids. I don't give cash except in very rare conditions related to a specific gift that wouldn't be quite proper to give the entire object.

Even if gift card, pick something specific to the recipient. UNFORTUNATELY, the local dispensaries didn't have gift cards so I got my brother CBTL instead. One got Turners Outdoors, and another got coffee shop right next to his work.

Coolest thing I got this year was from my youngest son: 4 different summer sausages from some hunt club: elk, boar, buffalo, and a 4th I can't remember.
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THIS!!!! At least TRY to get something for the kids. I don't give cash except in very rare conditions related to a specific gift that wouldn't be quite proper to give the entire object.

Even if gift card, pick something specific to the recipient. UNFORTUNATELY, the local dispensaries didn't have gift cards so I got my brother CBTL instead. One got Turners Outdoors, and another got coffee shop right next to his work.

Coolest thing I got this year was from my youngest son: 4 different summer sausages from some hunt club: elk, boar, buffalo, and a 4th I can't remember.
Now THAT'S a proper gift.

Unless the 4th was Soylent GREEN!!
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Haven't tried them yet, figured they were already preserved so could eat the prime rib, ham, and turkey that were on the table.

MK, don't knock it til you try it!!!!
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Haven't tried them yet, figured they were already preserved so could eat the prime rib, ham, and turkey that were on the table.

MK, don't knock it til you try it!!!!
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I also got socks from my daughter and wads of cash from parents. The cash thing is so odd from my parents but old habits die hard, I guess.

It was a good Christmas.

Merry Christmas, all.
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Daughter is going to Law School next year. I need every thin dime.
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If she doenst earn it she wont respect you.
Interestingly, a loose correlation can be drawn to infer that since you wouldn't have earned the cash either, that you also wouldn't respect MK either if he sent it to you. So what's in it for him - a good alien probing?
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Interestingly, a loose correlation can be drawn to infer that since you wouldn't have earned the cash either, that you also wouldn't respect MK either if he sent it to you. So what's in it for him - a good alien probing?
Well we arent related he doesnt care if I respect him.
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Interestingly, a loose correlation can be drawn to infer that since you wouldn't have earned the cash either, that you also wouldn't respect MK either if he sent it to you. So what's in it for him - a good alien probing?
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Well we arent related he doesnt care if I respect him.
My potential involvement in this conversation was over at Alien Probing. Over.
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Throwing out the phrase "alien probing" in casual conversation is just like saying "I tried anal"...it requires some clarification on whether you were the prober or probee
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Throwing out the phrase "alien probing" in casual conversation is just like saying "I tried anal"...it requires some clarification on whether you were the prober or probee
Not if you know the background of said participants speaking about said alien probing
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We have a million threads about what to give but what did you give to your spouse? How about your kids?

We hand out present here on the 24th, so I'll be updating you around 6 pm when our Santa leaves. My expectations are high. I think this year I'll get a 12 pack of socks.
Nothing. No spouse. No kids.

My roommate got spoiled however - iPhone XS, electric toothbrush, DNA testing kit, and a variety of small items "Santa" bought for her.
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Nothing. No spouse. No kids.

My roommate got spoiled however - iPhone XS, electric toothbrush, DNA testing kit, and a variety of small items "Santa" bought for her.
Oh - and one of those small items Santa bought her was a Round Tuit. You know - for all those things where you say "I'll do that when I get around to it" - well, now she has one!
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THIS!!!! At least TRY to get something for the kids. I don't give cash except in very rare conditions related to a specific gift that wouldn't be quite proper to give the entire object.

Even if gift card, pick something specific to the recipient. UNFORTUNATELY, the local dispensaries didn't have gift cards so I got my brother CBTL instead. One got Turners Outdoors, and another got coffee shop right next to his work.

Coolest thing I got this year was from my youngest son: 4 different summer sausages from some hunt club: elk, boar, buffalo, and a 4th I can't remember.
Cash gifts. The most memorable gifts I got from my aunts and uncles when growing up was.... CASH!! Woohoo when I finally graduated from socks and pajamas...
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