Don't even buy cards, on Birthdays, Anniversarys, Mothers day, etc........
We simply go to the Drug Store or whereever, hubby picks out 1, brings it to me, I read it, THEN PUT IT BACK on the shelf. Sometimes I get 2 or 3 cards that way. ROFL.
Christmas gifts: Everyone give out cash, $10 limit. Here's my $10, they give me their $10 envelope in exchange. There gift giving finished, now let's eat. Remember it is the thought that counts.
My m-i-l needs nothing but the family likes to do the gift giving.
So what we’ve decided to do is give something in her name out of the Samaritan’s Purse Christmas gift catalog. It gets used overseas somewhere where it’s needed and is not just a useless handout but something the people need.