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tacocattacocat8 t1_j1mor9p wrote

Reply to LPT: If you are hurting this year for money and you don't have a lot for your kids for Christmas/holidays, hide what the gifts you have, make a treasure hunt with clues and riddles, and stretch it out to give them a great experience. by pinheadbrigade

My aunt and uncle did something similar for me and my cousins once we reached an old enough age that we just got money or a gift card but still young enough to actually get a gift. We all had a puzzle that we had to solve before we could get our gift. Usually it was a puzzle game/brain teaser type thing but the worst was one year my cousin had to piece together a letter that went through a paper shredder haha.

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DrummingNozzle t1_j1mnef7 wrote

Reply to comment by JustIgnorance in LPT: People don't necessarily like receiving the "extra strong" version of the thing they're known for liking as a gift. by SpyralHam

Reminds me, in a more gruesome example, of the movie 127 Hours. Aron Ralston heading out for a quick trip to hike, as an afterthought grabbed the cheap fake Leatherman tool. Within hours he was using it to gnaw away at his arm's flesh and bone and really wishing he'd taken the time to grab something with a better blade. Gift a good Leatherman, Gerber, SOG, etc instead of the cheap ones at the Home Depot checkout. 💁🏼‍♂️

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keepthetips t1_j1mn3de wrote

Reply to LPT: If you got your pets gifts this Christmas they didn't end up liking, consider donating them to your local animal shelter. by UnforgivingPoptart

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EarhornJones t1_j1mhums wrote

Reply to LPT: People don't necessarily like receiving the "extra strong" version of the thing they're known for liking as a gift. by SpyralHam

In general, if someone is passionate about something that you aren't gifts pertaining to that thing are dicey.

My wife spins wool into yarn, which she weaves on her looms, or makes into socks with her knitting machine. The number of skeins of hobby lobby yarn and Wal-Mart knitting supplies that she's gotten as gifts are staggering. She won't use any of that stuff.

I drink tea. A lot of tea. I generally get loose leaf from the tea seller in our town, and spend a fair bit of time discussing my selections with the guys that run the place. That box of Bigelow holiday sample teabags isn't going to light up my day.

We appreciate the effort and the thought, though!

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Big_Brilliant997 t1_j1mfj8f wrote

Reply to LPT: If you are hurting this year for money and you don't have a lot for your kids for Christmas/holidays, hide what the gifts you have, make a treasure hunt with clues and riddles, and stretch it out to give them a great experience. by pinheadbrigade

I come from a large family, 8 children. One year money was evidently very short. We got a few small gifts on Christmas. A week later, after everything went on sale, we were woken up early with the call to "second Christmas". Our parents gave us lots of gifts just a little late. It became the favorite Christmas because we had 2 that year, and got lots of toys. It wasn't until we were adults that we learned about the real reason for second Christmas. It didn't tarnish the great childhood memory of the year we had 2 Christmases, in fact reinforced the love our parents felt.

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Spokesman93 t1_j1me50f wrote

Reply to comment by manymade1 in LPT: If you are hurting this year for money and you don't have a lot for your kids for Christmas/holidays, hide what the gifts you have, make a treasure hunt with clues and riddles, and stretch it out to give them a great experience. by pinheadbrigade

It’s definitely a good idea but I can’t help but think of some little shit head saying after the hunt “all that for this?”

That would hurt my feelings as a parent lol

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antdrizzle8 t1_j1md34i wrote

Reply to LPT: If you are hurting this year for money and you don't have a lot for your kids for Christmas/holidays, hide what the gifts you have, make a treasure hunt with clues and riddles, and stretch it out to give them a great experience. by pinheadbrigade

I immediately liked this post because my best memories were not the presents itself but realizing how much time and effort my mom put in for our presents growing up!

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keepthetips t1_j1md2hu wrote

Reply to LPT: Got a Steam gift card for Christmas? Hold on to it after you put the code in. If your account gets hacked, you can use the old code to recover your account. by Worst_Support

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