we're on that cruise too - we were big FE people, candy exchange, and ornaments, but now we're into magnets and ducks - easier to carry - and just as fun - there were people who would take gifts out of FE's so we decided that magnets and random ducks are better - but in reality - depending on how old your step-son is - you could ask him what he would like to do - when we did do FE's we decided to pick just a couple of days to gift so that if the kids found friends in the clubs they didn't have to leave to do the gifting - and ducks can be placed as you walk around - we're not tagging our ducks - we got them on a sale - so look for mini-valentine ducks and they're from us - plus more