I must be a crabby old SOB

I agree... you should spend Christmas with people you like. A while back I convinced my wife that we would by only for the kids. Unfortuantely the kids are now grown up and she spends a couple hundred bucks a piece still and I've given up. At least I've got her to stop buying for EVERYONE! Good thing is I don't have to spend Christmas with either of our families. We spend it with good friends.

I gave up on my family a long time ago.... All I heard was... Why don't you shave that thing off... Don't you think you need a haircut, etc. I finally told them to all FO and now holidays have been great without the family BS.