Especially when you hardly ever see them?
Everyone in my family buys for everyone and I can't do it any more, it's getting too much. It's not just the expense but the hassle. I can't be arsed buying what are, essentially, crap presents - tins of biscuits and small boxes of chocs. It just feels wasteful and unnecessary (plus it is the expense a little bit, we can't really afford it this year).
My GPs are dead so I'm talking about aunts, uncles, cousins. Obviously I'm still happy to buy for my parents and sister and her partner. We have a baby now and so does one of my cousins so I'll buy for the baby, and I imagine we'll get gifts for ours, but I would be happy not receiving gifts for myself and DH.
We barely see each other through the year but we all gather on Christmas morning. I don't have many of their phone numbers, hardly any of them on Facebook. Plus even if I did it'd feel incredibly crass to ring them and say "hi! Don't buy me a gift this year because I'm not getting you one!" Even Christmas cards we tend to just pass on through others.
Am I overthinking it? Should I just bite the bullet and not buy anything? Or just hide in a bunker until Christmas is over