I love giving gifts and I used to spend all my money on getting the biggest, best gifts for my family, especially my mom. But as the number of family members grow and my pocket books gets smaller, I'm needing to get creative.
Once I bought everyone a lottery ticket, it was cheap and fun to watch them scratch it off together. A couple of years ago when I was pregnant, I decided to do a raffle of $100. A-man's family loved the idea and had a blast. My family got all shitty and made me feel like shit for not giving a present to my grandmother (The eldest in our family). Since I have a larger family than A-man's side, I gave out two prizes instead of giving it all to one person. But my cousin and my aunt from the same family won both so everyone else got in a hissy fit that that wasn't fair that I shouldn't have given it to two people in one family. What the fuck!
I can't stand my in laws but sometimes, they're simpleness and gratitude is very refreshing.
This year I think I'm just going to bake. I'm not sure if I'll have time to make it all with Eleanor by my side but at least it'll be eaten. I could make people stuff like purses or clothes but again, my family wouldn't appreciate it. They're all about labels and cost and even though they would thank me for it, they wouldn't use it. Bah-freaking-humbug!
What's wrong with them and how did I come from that?
What are you all planning to do? Can you believe Thanksgiving is right around the corner, literally?
Holidays
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 | at 10:06 AM |
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I think its a Korean thing. My family is the same way. They complain that I spend too much money on them, but if I didnt they would totally talk shit behind my back. I know this because they have said things about my brothers gifts. And the thing is, even if its an expensive item, if they have never heard of the brand, they assume its cheap.
BAH HUMBUG INDEED!
Since we'll be here on this island for Thanksgiving, we will be eating lunch at the school and then off to a friend's house for a potluck dinner. We're not American so we are still getting used to celebrating it. It's important to us now since our kids are American.
This Christmas will be interesting since we on a very small budget (which comes from Student loans) AND any gifts we get, we'll have to lug it all back to this island.
Hey, I love the lottery ticket idea. I'm taking that one!
-Jube
I agree w/ KP- it's totally a Korean thing!
Since we are short on cash here as well, we are going to do photo gifts from Snapfish or something.
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