In my family, Christmas is handled a lot differently than your typical "wait all year, achieve gifts."
You see, children receive presents up until they turn roughly 13-16 years old on my father's side. When you reach that age limit, to prevent the accidental buying of unwanted gifts, my grandparents graduate you to an adult. And like an adult, you get a cash sum instead of material wealth. It is typically anywhere between 40-120 dollars, depending on your needs and familial obligations (i.e. a lower sum if you have a job, and no family to support). Essentially they are giving you a universal gift card.
Other than that, I never put in a wishlist with any of my family. I tell my aunts and my uncles on either side that they don't need to buy me anything. I'm perfectly content getting nothing, as I relish the chance of a good meal and a good time just seeing my relatives, which only gather to one place only a few times out of the year, and otherwise spread out around the United States.
So, each Christmas, after we're done eating and children open their presents, my grandfather passes around small envelopes with cash to every adult in the room, typically patriarchs of the clan, and then the adult grandchildren, and so on and so forth.
So I got 60 bucks this year. I am free to spend it on whatever I like, or even save it up for whatever insane reason.
