Holiday shopping - what works for my family - [View all]

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When the kids were little, they left a letter out for St. Nicholas on December 5, and got treats in their shoes Dec. 6.

Now that they're big, we've started a tradition of round robin e-mails to let each other know things we might like or need, sizes, etc.

It takes a lot of stress out when you know the kind of thing someone likes and don't have to guess. It helps a lot when shopping for the students to get them something they really need.

The other important part of this is that we keep the price of the gifts very, very reasonable - the price of a book or CD. This also takes away a lot of stress!