Grandkids in our family had to wait for gifts to be handed to them. Still, after a few rounds things would take too long, so abject chaos inevitably ensued.
That kind of behavior should never be tolerated. Between my brother and myself, we had 10 kids together for Christmas and took turns opening gifts. We always made one of them Santa to pass around the presents to everyone, one at a time. Yes, it took longer, but everyone got to see what each of them got and they didn’t behave like hooligans.
My first husbands family was like that. There were so many grandchildren you could loose count easily. It would have taken days for all the presents to be opened one at a time, so this was the scene every years for many years until they all grew up and had children of their own and it started all over again. As I recall this family only has three grandkids. Individual present opening could have been accomplished easily.
Two things I always knew about my gifts – they would not be what I wanted and if somehow they were – they would not be as represented in ads or would break by the next day.
Hence why my husband has to put up with someone who does not want gifts or a lot of stuff in general, though it took decades to convince him that this is real life, not a movie where the girlfriend/wife says not to buy her anything, but does not mean it.
This year he got a hard drive for the TV and I made him a gift, that and the two gifts we bought and attempted to have sent to his sister for his nieces is all there was.
Perplexed about 4 years ago
It would have been nice to have the grandkids come this year!
ninstar about 4 years ago
Rude!
MuddyUSA Premium Member about 4 years ago
Whiz kids!
Yakety Sax about 4 years ago
Like feeding time at the zoo!
listmom about 4 years ago
Grandkids in our family had to wait for gifts to be handed to them. Still, after a few rounds things would take too long, so abject chaos inevitably ensued.
buckman-j about 4 years ago
We had eleven of those rascals, so we spread it out over 3 days.
cuzinron47 about 4 years ago
Hurricane kids.
Jan C about 4 years ago
That kind of behavior should never be tolerated. Between my brother and myself, we had 10 kids together for Christmas and took turns opening gifts. We always made one of them Santa to pass around the presents to everyone, one at a time. Yes, it took longer, but everyone got to see what each of them got and they didn’t behave like hooligans.
BJIllistrated Premium Member about 4 years ago
My first husbands family was like that. There were so many grandchildren you could loose count easily. It would have taken days for all the presents to be opened one at a time, so this was the scene every years for many years until they all grew up and had children of their own and it started all over again. As I recall this family only has three grandkids. Individual present opening could have been accomplished easily.
mafastore about 4 years ago
Two things I always knew about my gifts – they would not be what I wanted and if somehow they were – they would not be as represented in ads or would break by the next day.
Hence why my husband has to put up with someone who does not want gifts or a lot of stuff in general, though it took decades to convince him that this is real life, not a movie where the girlfriend/wife says not to buy her anything, but does not mean it.
This year he got a hard drive for the TV and I made him a gift, that and the two gifts we bought and attempted to have sent to his sister for his nieces is all there was.