Give More Spend Less

This year my family has decided not to exchange Christmas gifts. We unanimously agreed. Our parents are past their mid 80's and it puts extra stress on them to be a part of all the gifting.
For the first year ever, we will not have the stress of shopping and spending. We won't have the gift concerns of what to buy and for whom. We won't have to fight the crowds for something we don't need anyway and may never use. The retailers could suffer if a lot of families decided to do this, but it is the best solution for us. We won't spend money we don't have.
We will celebrate by just being together. Spending time together. We will each bring something to celebrate a delicious Christmas dinner and talk about what's going in our lives. We will give more in the way that truly matters, without all of the fluff of stuff. (as much as we all like it) Give More Spend Less. It will be interesting to see how it all goes since we are breaking our own tradition. We are not even going to exchange homemade gifts, nothing but ourselves. We will learn to experience the true meaning of Christmas. It's a novel idea and it's about time.