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[–] 19 points 10 months ago* (6 children)

This year even without any major fighting!
:-)

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Why would you jinx it? The holidays aren't over yet.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Congratulations! We haven't even started yet since we're waiting for family to get here in four hours.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    ln Germany "Bescherung" (the giving of the presents) traditionally already happens on Christmas Eve in the evening.
    So we are already almost 24 hrs past that potential cause of major drama. :-)

    Good luck to you, though!

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    West coast US…it’s only just beginning.

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    Anybody else have a mother who saves all the wrapping paper? And gets mad at you if you unwrap your present in such a way as to make the wrapping paper un-savable?

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago* (2 children)

    Dont worry: she's almost dead (my mother-in-law so I'm allowed to say that). She also saves old greeting card fronts and cuts them up in a haphazard way to repurpose them as gift tags. Don't forget all the fucking flat boxes no one uses anymore but by God, they will be saved!

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago

    My mom wasn't quite that bad, but we do have heirloom cardboard boxes and tissue paper for wrapping clothing. You always knew if you saw that shape under the tree that someone was getting clothes. My sister inherited the boxes and they still make the occasional appearance at family get togethers. Meanwhile I inherited the need to flatten, fold, and store tissue paper that is still whole.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago

    Amazon is three weeks late for delivering our presents 🫠

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    My nieces birthday was last wednesday, her party was saturday, today is christmas, on the 26th is my other neaphew's birthday. I'm broke, tired and fat

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  • [–] -2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    One of these is self inflicted.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago* (2 children)

    The three are right?.The things we do for love are all self inflicted. I'm an atheist but I won't pass the oportunity to be with a family I love, bake my mom's favorite cake, share a meal, give gifts to the kids... The thing is I love my family regardless of religion

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago

    That’s why I’m here lol

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago

    As my son gets older the presents get less numerous and more expensive. So it's getting better.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago

    Currently living in the toy explosion.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    Father of 4 chiming in: wrapping paper into a bag as you go, helps keep it as tidy as possible. Also, bins or baskets to put the unwrapped gifts into. That last one only works temporarily and is more a psychological band-aid that hurts when it's removed when it inevitably stops working as desired, until bed time.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    Lifehack: Gift bags save lots of time and are reusable (especially if you mind the design)

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    Hahahaha, my toddler is down for her nap. We still have more. This is only a momentary reprieve

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  • [–] 0 points 10 months ago

    Every parent right now: wrapping paper 1, trash bag 0. 🥲 Pro tip: keep a big box by the tree and toss as you open—saves the post-gift chaos.

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