I need to find out what they’re asking for the mini-disc recorder. That could change my life. Thanks, Mary.

a long time ago I made christmas real easy by not buying gifts for people… and i’m not kidding! my husband and i buy gifts for our kids, our parents and each other and that’s it! for one thing if we give gifts to our extended family then they feel obligated to give to us and we don’t need any more stuff! not to mention most of them still have kids at home or financial pressures that we don’t have at this date so why put pressure on them. if we are at a family event where people are exchanging gifts among extended family we give “family” oriented gifts instead of personal gifts. restaurant and movie tickets if they have kids… that type of thing. At our house Christmas is a breeze…

Kelly, me too. My kids get a small personal present or two and an envelope with a new $100. My grandchildren also get two small presents and a new $100. I have two brothers with wifes and only a neice and nephew. They get Christmas cards and a book of movie tickets, or git certificates to restaurants or even a bakery or ham and turkey shop. This is for making their holiday dinners at home easier. I know mine is easier. My daughter, the first time I started my new approach to Christmas said she didn’t llike it because she had always gotten more from me. I thought how sad that was. No one had ever given me a $100 bill in my life. All mine to do with as I pleased. Plus a new small purse? And a wonderful smelling pumpkin spice candle? No, everyone was use to more but they did not have the time to really sit down down and drink an eggnog and talk. Just running from one place to another so that no one would get angry. Now everyone is welcome at my home. Plenty to eat. Some presents for the immediate family to be shared when it is only us and lots of good conversation and laughter. Kelley you are a smart woman