wilkeliza
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- Feb 1, 2013
I really like the idea of like a Christmas type dinner! And Christmas treats. You think can frosting is okay or ingredients to make butter cream?
Maybe a breakfast basket? Get some kid cereals, oatmeals, breakfast bars, poptarts to help jumpstart the family mornings?
I found a really cute idea on pinterest where they put a pair of pjs in a box with a movie for the kids to do the night before Christmas, I thought that was a sweet idea! Maybe make a family basket with pjs rolled up for each kid, a movie, some popcorn and other treats for a movie night? We are going to have six kids total between the two families.
Get as much information about the family as possible. Just know some families doesn't have Blue Ray or even DVD players still. We got a DVD in our box way back when but did not have a DVD player. We still had our very old VHS player so the DVD went unused. The worst part was my brothers were given video games for a system we didn't have. The families heart was really in the right place as my brothers had asked for playstation games but I guess the PlayStation 2 had been out for a year or two at that point and so the family picked up a bunch of Playstation 2 games. Problem was we had a Playstation not a Playstation 2.
I'm only saying what I've said as someone who has been the gift receiver. It is best to ask if the exchange organizers can see if they have a DVD or Blueray player etc before you do something like that.
Great Idea though just make sure the family can actually use it.