Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site umcp-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hao!seismo!umcp-cs!beth 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 Lines: 11 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.