I asked DS and DIL what they'd like for Christmas this year, and also DIL has a birthday between now and Christmas, so I asked DS if he had any hints as to what DIL would like for a birthday gift.

I got a list back with a message saying... "please choose something off this birthday list, and let me know what you are buying her, as I need to forward the list to everyone else!"

As for Christmas this year.... they said they won't be buying gifts for us this year, but they'd be just giving us a lottery ticket instead!

I'm a bit put off about the callous way that they've suddenly decided to change our family Christmas traditions. We spent a lot of money buying gifts for them last year, and there wasn't one word about not "having" Christmas this year.

BTW..... DIL put a little tricycle on layby for our DGS and handed me the ticket. She said that's what she wanted us to buy DGS for Christmas, and please go pay the layby off!

Sorry.... I just needed to get this off my chest!