I can tell you - they (kids - especially teens - I have 3) would appreciate money. My kids love tha tmore than anything from relatives.

No one can possibly know their taste in clothes or music, so thoise are non-starters. Gift cards are great too.

The thing they love most about Christmas is spending the day at the mall with their friends between New Year's and Christmas, power shopping and bargain hunting with gift cards or cash they got for Christmas. They are very proud of themselves when they come home with $10 jeans, or 2-for-1 sweaters, etc.

So, it's not the money so much, but it's what they accomplish with it afterwards that they love.

FWIW.

THIS evening...? I just got home, 2 days and $1,300 later.... and got stuck in Baltimore overnight as well! But did a bit of playing in the snow with the rental car though...


And to top that whole thing off, I haven't been in state to do ANY Christmas shopping in the last couple weeks, and quite a bit of my present buying money was just spent trying desperately to get home! Now I get to wait for work to reimburse me...

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That sucks Weas. When I didn't hear from you Saturday I figured you were on your way. At least you're home now.

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Good lord.......You still up????

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I just may do that. It's not that I don't want to give them money, I'd rather see the excited look on their face when they unwrap the perfect gift. It was so much easier when they were young.

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No silly, I'm just getting up. Time to wake up the birds.

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90% finished! And all 90% are wrapped!

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Harmony happens whenever different parts get to form a whole by means of congruity, concord, symetry, consistency, conformity, correspondence, agreement, accord, unity, consonance…….