I haven&#x27;t celebrated christmas with gifts since about the age of 12 or so. My family forces a gift or two on me each year.. and each year I return it for cash and leave the money at their house. Sometimes they notice, other times they don&#x27;t. In the end, we both win.<p>I stopped accepting &#x2F; asking for gifts after I overheard them stressing about a credit card bill. It didn&#x27;t make sense that they should stress so I could have something I didn&#x27;t want or need.<p>I have a small soap company on the side. I started bringing soap as a hostess gift instead of wine. It felt weird at first, but I find that most people are grateful to have a useful gift over some two-bit beach wine.