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From: beth@umcp-cs.UUCP (Beth Katz)
Newsgroups: net.social
Subject: Re:  XMAS PRESENTS AND ....
Message-ID: <1815@umcp-cs.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 13-Dec-84 13:39:01 EST
Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.1815
Posted: Thu Dec 13 13:39:01 1984
Date-Received: Sun, 16-Dec-84 06:44:49 EST
References: <1747@wateng.UUCP> <1576@drutx.UUCP>
Reply-To: beth@maryland.UUCP (Beth Katz)
Organization: U of Maryland, Computer Science Dept., College Park, MD
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Summary: 

In article <1576@drutx.UUCP> grm@drutx.UUCP (MartinezGR) writes:
>Just for discussion - does anyone have any ideas how one can gracefully
>escape from the vicious circle of buying family members (becoming more
>and more extended!) gifts for x-mas - especially when the "act of
>giving" has degraded to commercial routine?

In my boyfriend's family, they pick names so that you buy a $15 present
for the person you pick.  As the family extends, your obligation does not
go up, and you can buy parents extra presents if you wish.  In my family,
we still do the round-robin sharing.  The picking names seems to work
pretty well.