Anyone here not buy into the whole crazy gift giving thing at *********?

Anyone here not buy into the whole crazy gift giving thing at *********?
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Oh, I don’t want to. But the kids….you just can’t let them down. But I’m trying to make it as easy as possible on myself.
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