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dr.sangaygupta:
well....I have a split family so, I usually get twice the haul, because I have two Christmas days.
so far I have gotten:
-socks (lol)
-t-shirts
   both were nice.
-tool box
  so I would stop stealing tools from my garage
-a new 3' 1/2" longboard
-pulp fiction
-the simpsons movie
-$50 gift card to barns and noble
-$40 gift card to Best Buy
-plus a combined $650 from relatives and both parents.

'Twas a good year this year. :]

valley_parade:
I'm alright with it, Ally. A few years back, my uncle did the same thing, donating money to a charity in my name (I can't remember the name of it, but they provide wheelchairs to disabled children in poor countries). I thought it was a really nice gesture.

It wasn't a charity I would've given to on my own (those being the Jimmy Fund/Red Sox Foundation and Save The Music), but a good move either way.

yelley:
honestly ally, i'd be miffed if my family did something like that for me. only because my entire family is religious and i am not, so knowing them they'd choose a very religious charity that i wouldn't donate to on my own.

this isn't to say that religious charities are bad... i'd just prefer to know that my money isn't going towards something that i don't believe in and have a slight bit of contempt for, you know?

basically, donating to a charity in someone's name as a gift is fine if you know it's a charity that that person knows of and supports. otherwise... kind of lame, should have done more research.

Dissy:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B000X25GWM/sr=8-3/qid=1198778533/ref=dp_image_0?ie=UTF8&n=468642&s=videogames&qid=1198778533&sr=8-3

*The Gold DS and Phatom Hourglass which has not been truned off since 11pm on the 24th
*A DS lite starter kit
*Over the Hedge (DS game which I already own)
iPod travel kit (with new headphones, finally)
*Led Zeppelin Boxers (Stairway to Heaven)
*Splinter Cell Double Agent Limited Edition for 360 (Which was less than the regular edition at CompUSA)
New Leather Wallet w/ mahogony drawer-thingy.

The first three came together as a BestBuy bundle

(*-I purchased it myself)

pen:

--- Quote from: Ally on 27 Dec 2007, 09:56 ---Question! But only because I'm positive that my family doesn't read this board.

This year for Hanukkah, I got a card in the mail, informing me that my aunt, her husband, and her daughter made a donation in my name to a charity as a gift. My brother received the same gift. This charity was not a charity that I'd ever heard of, or one that I felt any particular inclination towards, although I'm sure that it is a good charity that does good work. There has been trouble in my family, especially between this aunt and her daughter and me and my mom. We gave her daughter (my cousin) a gift this year.

Is this bad etiquette? I feel like it is (as you can probably tell). I don't really care, but it seems rude that they didn't at least choose a charity that I care about.

--- End quote ---

I don't know if it was a dick move.  If there was trouble in your family with them to begin with, I guess they can't be expected to try that hard.  I'm just wondering why you bother exchanging gifts anyway.

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