Christmas Shopping Dilemmas

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Last night The Boy and I went out to dinner with a couple of friends.  For a while the discussion was centered around Christmas shopping.  Who to buy for?  How much to spend?

One friend has a fairly complicated family and he wasn't sure who he should be buying gifts for.  His mom and dad were givens.  As were his 2 sisters and his sister's daughter.  Those were the easy ones.  But what about the mom's boyfriend?  The mom's boyfriend's son and grandchildren?  The step-mom?  Does it depend on who he is going to see at the Christmas gathering? 

It's always awkward when someone you did not expect to buy you a gift suddenly hands one to you and you have nothing to give them in return, isn't it?

My two personal shopping dilemmas are:

  1. What do I buy The Boy's parents?  How far into the relationship is it proper to buy them something?  How much do I spend on them?  What is appropriate?  Do I buy a separate gift for each, or one joint gift? After some discussion The Boy revealed that they have these 2 really nice coffee mugs that they absolutely love.  They use them for coffee, and soup, etc and everything stays really warm.  They've tried various methods of distinguishing "his" from "hers" and also attempted to replace/increase the collection.  So I thought I'd try to find some really nice mugs and have each one engraved with their names on them.  Hopefully this problem is solved.
  2. My sisters would like to all go in on a gift for mom and a gift for dad.  I don't know the final amount yet, but I agreed to chip in with them and figured I would also get my parents a little something extra.  Two of my sisters are a bit younger and still in graduate school (i.e. don't have much money to spend on gifts).  I have an older sister who makes more than I do and has plenty to spend on gifts.  I sort of assumed that my older sister and I would get something for them in addition to the group gift.  My youngest sister got a little upset and said I should not buy anything extra.  I asked the older sister and she is not buying them anything extra. 

 



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