She Argued With Her Sister For Expecting Extremely Expensive Christmas Gifts For Their Family’s Secret Santa
One of the biggest pet peeves many people have during Christmastime is when someone goes over the spending cap for Secret Santa celebrations or intentionally tries to outshine everyone else with their gift-giving abilities.
For instance, remember that episode of “The Office” where Michael Scott brings an iPod to the office’s Secret Santa gift swap, but the spending cap was only $20, and chaos ensues?
One woman recently argued with her sister, who found out she had pulled her name for their family’s Secret Santa and begun requesting extremely expensive gifts.
She’s 28-years-old and is planning on hosting Christmas with her husband at their house this year, especially since it coincides with her baby’s first birthday on December 26th.
“Given that there will be quite a few people, and there will also be birthday celebrations, everyone agreed to do Secret Santa this year,” she said.
“When this was organized, the limit was put to a vote, and instead of a cap, we decided on a minimum spend of $50. This was probably a bad idea.”
She drew her sister’s name for Secret Santa, which wasn’t the greatest luck. Her sister is 26, and they’ve always had a complicated relationship. They’re very different people, and over the last few years, her sister has given her grief for settling down, getting married, and having children already.
Although they’re not very close, and her sister doesn’t approve of her lifestyle choices, they do their best to stay civil. Unfortunately, that hasn’t been happening since her mom ended up telling her sister that she had drawn her name after she asked her for some gift ideas.
“I don’t want to spend a fortune, but I would like to get her something she wants [and] enjoys,” she explained.
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“Unfortunately, it seems my mom has gone directly to my sister, and I am now getting texts from my sister with gift ideas that include exorbitantly expensive concert tickets, a hot air balloon experience, or, and this is not a joke, a cruise to Italy.”
Her sister has had quite an unreasonable attitude about gift-giving and thinks she’s entitled to these kinds of gifts. When she tried talking to her mom, her mom told her since she could afford at least one of those gifts for her sister, she should go ahead and get her what she wanted.
When she told her mom her sister was being ridiculous, her mom told her that the money shouldn’t matter and that she should get her sister one of those expensive gifts as a way to form a bond with her.
“I was a bit ticked, so I sent my sister a message saying that her gift ideas were far too extravagant and I would get her something reasonable,” she recalled.
“My sister has now told the whole family that I am not keeping the spirit of Christmas alive, and she would like to boycott the celebrations. She is hosting a separate dinner at her house for anyone who ‘doesn’t want to socialize with Scrooge,’ and my mom is devastated that I am making her choose between her children on Christmas.”
Now, her relatives are torn and would rather skip out on the celebrations completely than get in the middle of their sister drama. She’s been feeling really upset over the situation, as she feels that she’s ruined Christmas and her son’s birthday.
Should she give in and get her sister an expensive gift?
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