imightbewrong
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We do them to varying degrees. Valentines? Bleurgh with a capital B as you can see. Mothers/Fathers days - yes for me - SWMBO doesn't bother. We both get from the kids (i.e. ourselves). Easter - we eat chocolate so yes well into that. Halloween - not bothered myself - the kids go out trick-or-treating in the 400 year old British tradition with the cousins. Fireworks - we like explosions so yes we go to the local display. Birthdays - go out for beers/host beers. Rarely/never buy cards for any of the above. Birthdays get a Facebook mention Immediate family members get a phone-rendition of Happy Birthday.
Xmas - with four kids this is the big one. We used to send out a photo that doubled as a card, and a letter. This got cut down a photo and year-end stats. Due to the soaring price of stamps we've now switched to emailing it out and donating the stamp-money to a local charity.
So we enjoy what we like and skip what we don't, and we give next to no money to Clintons et. al. anymore.
Xmas - with four kids this is the big one. We used to send out a photo that doubled as a card, and a letter. This got cut down a photo and year-end stats. Due to the soaring price of stamps we've now switched to emailing it out and donating the stamp-money to a local charity.
So we enjoy what we like and skip what we don't, and we give next to no money to Clintons et. al. anymore.