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In reply to the discussion: How many of you are NOT buying much if any this Christmas? [View all]frazzled
(18,402 posts)7. I'm not
But then, we're Jewish and don't celebrate Christmas.*
We do have to get some Thanksgivukkah gifts, however. How crazy is that?
* We always shopped for Christmas gifts for my husband's small staff, so that was fun; and sometimes a few small things for some close friends. But none of that obtains anymore. So we don't really have any Christmas gifts to give to anyone. We do give the two maintenance guys in our building a nice check for the holidays each year. And since Hanukkah is so freaky early this year, I'll have time to do some Christmas cookie baking for our neighbors.
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I don't usually post commercials, but Chrismahanukwanzakah comes only once a year
hatrack
Nov 2013
#62
The animated version was better - a multi-armed Santa playing the sitar sitting on a mushroom
hatrack
Nov 2013
#67
My group of friends does a gift exchange where we buy one gift of about $20 and theres a game that
Erose999
Nov 2013
#36
No, but then we never do . . . a few presents for nieces, Christmas dinner . .. .
hatrack
Nov 2013
#61