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In reply to the discussion: This might be a good year to skip gifts for Christmas. [View all]MissB
(15,805 posts)but my last made-in-the US Etsy item is still in Fed Ex purgatory, and it was an item for myself that I considered getting for a niece for Christmas if I like it.
But... now I'm back to the standard consumables that we've gone to generally as a family.
I'll buy the great niece and great nephews some locally made something from the Saturday Market closer to Christmas. Everyone else gets a bottle of wine, some home canned pickles and jam, and my fabulous toffee. It's simple and largely local stuff.
My adult sons are in their early 20s, but they don't need anything in particular. I'll figure something out over our Thanksgiving visit and look locally for it. They'll be home for Christmas. DH and I usually drop down to Powells Books and buy them each a book. It is a tradition. But definitely smaller this year in general, and nothing off Amazon or the like if I can absolutely avoid it, simply because shipping is so utterly fucked up.
It is kinda funny to exchange bottles of wine with my siblings, but frankly I see it as a chance to get out of our rut of four or five wines.