Growing up, my family was never been huge on buying Christmas gifts. We did it, but it wasn't a huge deal - one inexpensive gift per person. It's even less of a deal with Chainwhip, but that's another story.
Every year for quite a few years now, I've been in charge of buying gifts for my cousins. I only have four... that celebrate Christmas. The other four in China don't really count since I've only met them once. Is that fair? And a few years ago I whittled down my cousin list two by enacting a no gifts over the age of 30 rule. Well, I also took into consideration the fact that those cousins hadn't bought my brother and I gifts for years anyway.
So now I'm left with just two lovely sun-kissed California cousins. Every year I hunker down with my computer and buy their gifts online. It's an interesting endeavor because I hardly know them. You'd think it'd be difficult to buy gifts for relatives you hardly know, but it's actually fun.
What do I get them? Well, I get them what I would want! Since I have no other criteria (except for maybe age appropriateness), the golden standard is me! And it's fun having the license to buy gifts for me, especially when the me is too cheapo to buy gifts for me-self.
Will they like the gifts? I don't know... and I'll probably never really know. Heck there's no pressure at all because they don't even live in my state, and I see them maybe once every 5 years. At best.
I have to admit, though, that I sent them gift cards for many years in a row. And maybe they enjoyed the gift cards more than the random gifts I buy them now, but it's not nearly as fun for me.
And in case you're curious, I purchased this year's gifts from UncommonGoods. They have lots of nifty goodies. So gals, if you're reading this, your gifts are on the way. Merry Christmas! I enjoyed gifting you :)
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