Buying Christmas Gifts for a Large Family
We have a large family that has a relatively unusual tradition every year. Anywhere between 20 and 25 people sit in a circle in a large 1960’s living room and open gifts. One at a time. Then we all talk at once about each gift. Then everyone gets a drink or “one more piece of ham” from the kitchen. Then 15-20 minutes later we sit down and do it again.
Imagine now that everyone has bought everyone else at least one gift. Thats a fair amount of multiplying and you can see how this takes about 9 hours to complete.
Is there a better way? Some in my family have proposed a Secret Santa Christmas where everyone gets to pull a name from a hat and they focus on one person. While this would make sense and be more akin to the corporate sized family I have, it has never passed muster. I think the reason is because there would be far less crying, yelling and drama and then it wouldn’t truly be “Christmas.” Did I mention the strong Irish background? Please sprinkle in the proper amounts of volume and alcohol to this scene.
If you have anything remotely similar going on, and can compromise with the other theory of having multiple gifts being opened at once, read on…
We are instituting a method that could be considered a loophole in that we have gotten all the women of the family a certain gift that they *must* open all at once for a greater effect. It is a brilliant idea that cuts down on both time, money and crying tears. That’s about as much as I can get into as some of them are readers of this site…hehe. See ya tomorrow!
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