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Buying your own gift.
My mother refuses to give up a gift exchange even though I'm the youngest (in my 40's) and my family is spread over 13 time zones. At least we got her to agree to draw names about 5 years ago but it isn't Christmas without opening gifts. (One at a time as everyone watches)
We just finished the our video call / gift exchange. As always it consisted of either people exchanging gift cards or unwrapping gifts they bought for themselves and were sent a check to cover the cost. I truly don't understand the purpose.
This year got a hydraulic bottle jack - very handy and needed but it doesn't feel like a gift. My mother asked me what I wanted, I gave her some ideas, she selected one of those ideas, asked me to purchased it, and she send me a check to cover the cost.
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