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Yep! She's smart, so this probably will in fact be the last year it works. We're working on other ways to get her to be appreciative about the gifts she receives, but for now this works great!

My favorite gifts? Well, that I can think of are my electric blanket, and my mug warmer. I use both of them often!

Santa Claus himself is sneaky. That's kind of a key part of Santa's being... :santa2:

Yes, they are, but this way my husband and I don't have to spend loads of our money also on gifts for SD--gifts from us and all of the "Santa" gifts can really add up.

Like I said, we're...

I'm not "pawning them off," though. :sad elf:

I guess my point has been missed by many.

I got him some old-school Nintendo pj pants, mainly, and quite a few other little things, like... stocking stuffers and other small, somewhat useless things. I found some gatorade powder singles, for...

See, we would do that but my in-laws would be offended if we asked them to limit the amount of gifts they give. I mean seriously offended; they'd probably stop talking to us. And if we gave away some...

When you do a big shopping day for Christmas gifts (and supplies! Don't forget the wrapping paper!), what kind of supplies do you bring along? Stuff to bring into the stores/malls, stuff to keep in...

She's six.
And no, she has no idea.
And yes, my husband is aware. It was his idea.

We don't have a lot of money (1 income household here, less than 25k a year), so if it saves us money and does...

It all really starts on Deck the Halls Day for me. (Deck the Halls Day is my name for the day I decorate! Always the day after Thanksgiving)

From there on out through Christmas I go NUTS and I...

My grandparents' Christmas train set! I wish I had it, but I'm sure it's sitting in my grandpa's closet. He hasn't done much for Christmas since my grandma died. I'd sure like to have that train;...

I've never gone Black Friday shopping. I always spend that day doing my decorating and wrapping all the presents I've previously purchased/made.

But we might go this year. DH doesn't work this...

Just in the last few days I fell in LOVE with those Nintendo DS Lites. So I want one of those. :candycane1:


And I want my childhood home movies put on DVD for Christmas. That'd be a GREAT gift,...

I don't really budget either. At all. I pretty much just start buying stuff early in the year with a bit of the extra money we've got; I'll take a few dollars here and there and buy a present for...

No, they actually don't ask her at all, and they don't expect her to thank them--and it never occurs to her, either. The gifts are pretty shallow, they're VERY numerous, and she doesn't appreciate a...

Last year I made our Christmas dinner; it was just my husband and I. I made a LOT of food, but almost all of it got eaten. The best part of Christmas dinner is the leftovers! And you can freeze...

My stepdaughter gets so many presents for Christmas from her gma and aunt (and the rest of the family!) that I confiscate like, half of her presents.

And some of those get wrapped again the...

It's totally unhealthy, but this is what we always have for Christmas breakfast:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/ultimate-coffee-cake-recipe/index.html

That kind of stuff is scary!
And that's why I don't do Black Friday; my town is too small to have any good sales but the big cities are scary!
And then that's why I try to get my shopping done...

I'm just glad I live in a somewhat small town! In the big cities, just the shopping CROWDS are bigger than our whole population!

Sure there's a difference!

I've never even been tempted to participate in the Running of the Bulls!

That is the difference! Nooooo thanks on the trampling ;)

I've always kiiind of wanted to go to the sales, but it seems intimidating! Especially since there's so much decorating to do! I decorate the WHOLE house that day AND wrap all the presents I've...

I'm actually doing a "gamer kit" in a box for my brother-in-law this year for Christmas. He LOVES video games; his favorite is Call of Duty, and since Walmart has CoD pj pants, I'm going to get some...

I guess I'm lucky my stepdaughter rarely asks for anything specific! I don't think she even knows about Christmas lists, though...
We usually just pick presents and hope she likes 'em; she's fairly...

I've been shopping all year, so I've got a pretty decent stash built up. I usually only have one specific trip per year for christmas presents; I tend to buy things randomly throughout the year. It...