Northeast Gardening: Christmas shopping, 1 by wha

wha wrote:
my family gets together for Xmass and does the gift swap thing - kids under 18 each receive a gift from everyone (too much! - these kids are spoiled) and the adults pick a name out of the hat - my sister usually decides the amount to spend because she has the least $$. this year it is $30/person. I have my old man this year and i re-new his sports illustrated subscription every year - he will owe my $50 - have to ask my sister how to handle this:)

this year we have the pleasure of hosting again. attached is a picture from 2006 when we last hosted. front two are my brothers sons, back two are my daughter's 1 and 2 (they are on the left) - 3 was working, and the hippie is my sisters son I dragged through Baxter State Park this summer and went off to the Marines two weeks ago - hair is gone!