Once the kids got up at what my father used to describe as "the crack of lunch", Christmas became some cash to do with as they will.
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Haha your father is as witty as you ! My mom gives us cash too now because she hates shopping but my sister and I still buy each other presents and my dad gives us a gift card every year
sep 3, 2025, 1:38 pm • 0 0 • view
My mom is 81 and my sister and I are both nearly 50. She gives both of us a check. She still asks if the kids want gifts and we tell her, "OK, but it has to be gift card sized and say Nintendo or XBox."
sep 3, 2025, 1:41 pm • 1 0 • view
Although, my sister's kids are more Playstation people. This gets debated at gatherings.
sep 3, 2025, 1:43 pm • 1 0 • view
Neither my sister or I play any of those games
sep 3, 2025, 1:44 pm • 0 0 • view
"Yeah, Lorne is a fan of pinball. My favorite musical is Tommy and that's about a guy who plays pinball. It all fits." (KEY POINT: He was also "Lorne", being Jr. and me being III, so I tell people he was likely talking to himself in the store.)
sep 3, 2025, 1:49 pm • 1 0 • view
Haha
sep 3, 2025, 1:51 pm • 0 0 • view
I still tell my kids about getting the first-generation NES console for Christmas in 1985 and then my father demanding his time with Pinball (which he strategically bought with it) that afternoon once we set it up. Even then, I should have seen that move from him....because I do that too. LOL
sep 3, 2025, 1:47 pm • 1 0 • view
Haha good one
sep 3, 2025, 1:49 pm • 0 0 • view
Haha about the kids
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