It seems that most of us who are retired share the same feelings and thoughts about gifts. DH and I do not need or want a thing that we do not buy right then and there. We are so fortunate and we know it. We have children who can afford gifts, but we'd really rather they bought nothing, just to see them is pleasure enough. Then we have children who can't afford gifts, that we don't get to see that often, and the pleasure is in talking to them on the phone. We are so blessed.