Boy, I would love it if my family decided to make such a move. Christmas is a total killer for me as my family seems to grow every year. We've tried in the past the idea of only doing gifts for the kids, but we just never ended up sticking to it. And that of course really sucks for me since I'm the only single one in my family (with no kids). Not that I begrudge getting the kids stuff, but it's not easy finding cheap gifts they won't just toss aside...and it does kind of hurt a bit when I have only a gift or two from my parents to open in return. But mostly when I see how much stuff these kids get from their parents (and other extended family) it just seems ridiculous to spend more money on them...particularly since half the time I expect my gift is totally off the mark for what they like. I sponsor a couple poor children in other countries and do try to send a nice donation for Christmas gifts each year but when I think of the hundreds of dollars I spend on gifts for my own family, boy, that money could do so much for so many other people in need.
You do have to be careful about how you approach this kind of idea though. A few Christmases ago one of my brother's told me that for Christmas they had decided instead of gifts, that they would donate in our names to their charity. Not our favorite charity....*their* charity. I kind of joked about my brother probably being one of the few people that could find a way to make his Christmas gifts tax deductible! So that definitely didn't go over very well. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs Forum direct from active programmers and developers. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid-72&catid=648 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:248141 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
