Just wondering if your family asks for gift lists for you and/or your children (if you exchange gifts with them)? Do they shop from the lists or buy other stuff? Do they give you lists of what they'd like? Do you shop from those lists?

Just wondering if your family asks for gift lists for you and/or your children (if you exchange gifts with them)? Yes

Do they shop from the lists or buy other stuff? Yes, most of the time.

Do they give you lists of what they'd like? Yes, if I ask.

Do you shop from those lists? Usually.

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nope...no lists asked for and no lists given. Extended family will ask "what do the kids need?" or "what do they want". We tell each family member a different thing so they don't get the same item from 2 different people but we never write it down in list format

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yes, with 5 sisters and a mother along with Jon's side of the family I do tell them what to buy so we don't have 5 of the same thing...that has actually happend.

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Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like. - Will Rogers

I always ask my two adult daughters/spouses what they want for Christmas. I am a merchandiser and work for several different companies and get alot of write-offs, so I need their requests early. This years requests for fragrance are :Baby Phat, Curious, Phat Farm Atman, Nautica, Adidas, those fragrances/lotions/gift sets are already taken care of. I also work for Yankee, so each will get a 22oz. jar candle which I have already, I also work for Godiva chocolate so they will get a box of chocolates which I have not gotten yet. Then they will get another gift that I actually pay for, usually something for the house like towels or something for the kitchen. The grandkids get a couple of toys and a couple of outfits. The DD that lives at home gets whatever is on her list plus whatever freebies I have gotten throughout the year, her list doesn't consist of much though, a watch, socks, clothes, books.

I'm working on the lists for the two younger kids. My 13 year old did hers up the other day. I took the 5 year old to Wal-Mart to look at the toys so she could find stuff she wanted on her list.

My MIL and SIL both ask for lists. Usually the kids get everything on their lists from them and us. I make it easy for them, I find it online and send them an email w/the price and link so they just need to click and order or print it out if they're buying from the B & M store.

No one gives us lists except my almost 11 year old nephew. I get everyone else gift cards, which they prefer.

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Same here...

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Yes, they want to know what we want, and yes they shop from the list, as well as some other stuff. Our list are usually small....I can never think of something that I want. I truly have everything that matters, and I'm not very material and don't like clutter, so what's a person to do???? The kids give LONG LONG LONG lists. One year DD asked for bubba teeth and a rug....it was HILARIOUS!!!


For certain people I like them to give me a list, others no, I can do fine without a list. I try to give useful gifts that won't clutter. I have a few people I get gifts for that NEED practical gifts, so that's easy.


I love to give gifts

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My DD's MIL always asks them (DD, her DH, 2 boys) for a list and will almost always get them EVERYTHING on ther lists and then some (usually) unusable things!

I ask the kids for a list and pick and choose so they won't know what they are getting for sure!
i also get some little things not on their lists, usually checking with DD for the others first.

If DD thinks of any good ideas for anyone in her family, she will tell me.
And I do the same for her.
As for others that we exchange with, we all know each other well enough to choose useful, thoughtful gifts.

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Just wondering if your family asks for gift lists for your children (if you exchange gifts with them)? Yes they do
Do they shop from the lists or buy other stuff? Mostly buy from the list sometimes they will add other things.
Do they give you lists of what they'd like? Only if I ask and I usually won't

Do you shop from those lists? yes if i ask for one.

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My Inlaws always ask for lists for the kids, since they aren't really invovled in the kids lives on a day to day basis (live in another state) it's their way of making sure they get something the kids will like, and something they don't already have.......

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nope - no family really anyway so it is just us buying for our kids.

nope - no family really anyway so it is just us buying for our kids.

My MIL who only sees the kids once a year asks for lists. I give her more of a general direction (ie: daughter 1 loves dolls and doll accessories). My dad who lives in another state sends a check and tells me to get the kids something they want with it (since this is usually $10 or so a kid it saves him the shipping). I try to make sure that each person who sends gifts gets a diffrent wrapping paper so that the kids know it is diffrent (all of our realitives are away, so if they ship directly from the store, it comes unwrapped).

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I have mixed emotions concerning gift requests as I have a sister who is very insistent on getting an exact item from her list. She has gone as far as buying her own gift and wrapping it, and being reimbursed later. (We pick names at Christmas). I, on the other hand, have to really put a lot of thought into what I want, when asked. It is a challenge for me to think of a couple of things that I might like. I also really like to be surprised with my gifts and not know exactly what I am getting.

This same sister about ruined my Christmas a few years back because she didn't really like the gift I gave her boys and thought they were disappointed (it was a $50 snowboard). You could see right through her disappointment and I know that rubbed off on her boys. What a downer. I think it was after that Christmas that she became very insistent about very specific requests. Part of me wants to stop gift exchanges, except for the kids.

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