My side of the family has all the grandkids and adult kids exchange gifts through a name draw. My sister's kids drew my kids names out of the name draw, and they haven't received anything yet. Should I call my sister, because my kids drew 2 of her kids names, and we sent their gifts a couple of weeks ago. Or should I just forget it and after Christmas tell my siblings that my family will not be participating anymore? I don't care about the gifts themselves, because my kids have more than enough, but if you're going to participate in a gift exchange, and draw a name, AND accept a gift, shouldn't you give the gift you drew the name for? My sister pulls garbage like this all the time, and lives out of state, so they would've had to ship anything they got. I wouldn't even mind if it were me, but it's my kids. Any help/ideas would be appreciated. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
2006-12-23 09:18:25 · 7 answers · asked by basketcase88 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
My sister has plenty of money to buy the gifts, that's not the issue. And I agree that Christmas is not about gifts, but if you participate in a gift exchange and draw a name out of the hat, and then accept a gift from someone who drew your name, shouldn't you get a gift for the person whose name you drew?
2006-12-23 09:28:52 · update #1
Maybe she got it out a bit late. The post office, and the other commercial carriers get backed up.
Yeah, I'd call your sister. Tell her you are concerned because your kids' gifts haven't arrived yet. Ask her to notify whatever carrier she used, and have the shipment tracked. (If she didn't send anything, that ought to fix her, I'd say!)
2006-12-23 09:22:49 · answer #1 · answered by kiwi 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Is Christmas really about the gift? Maybe when your sister participated she had the money, maybe its lost in the mail who knows but I think Christmas is not about gifts.If you buy gifts just to get one in return maybe you should just spend your money on your kids and yourself next year.
2006-12-23 09:23:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-28 06:06:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your sister hasn't acknowledged that your gifts arrived to her house, you could call asking if they did, that would open the conversation. If you're not happy with the whole exchange concept, I wouldn't feel bad about not participating and just give to who you want.
2006-12-23 09:28:59 · answer #4 · answered by SlapHappy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree that if you chose to participate, that you should follow through. It would extremely rude of her not to send a gift.
I would wait til after Xmas to call her, just to make sure that maybe she didn't send it late and a package arrives next week. But if it doesn't, definite don't let this slip by.
Shame on her.
2006-12-23 09:30:36 · answer #5 · answered by Hot Pants 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would ask in a way that you might be wondering if the post office made a mistake, even if you know the truth about her.
And don't sink to her level. Just keep giving!
2006-12-23 09:27:56 · answer #6 · answered by Cristine D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like payback to me. Maybe you ate one of her cookies when you were like 5.
2006-12-23 09:36:47 · answer #7 · answered by Shawnathan 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋