Dear Eric: In a year that has been filled with not-so-great things, (family members being furloughed, health issues, rising costs) how does one tell the family you don’t want any gifts?

My husband and I have plenty of things, we don’t need any things or clothing or food.

In the past the family members have all planned lists. There are children that will get gifts from Santa but how do we tell the rest of the fairly large family that enough is enough?

– Realistic Gift-Giving

Dear Gift-Giving: Meet their lists with a list of your own. You can make a list of charities you’d like them to contribute to in lieu of gifts, or a list of gifts that can’t be bought, like quality time or homemade treats. Or your list can have just one item: “we have everything we could want. All we ask for is your

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