Random question. If you have older nieces and nephews, is there an age when you stopped buying them birthday and/or holiday gifts? I know my I stopped getting gifts from my aunts/uncles when I was about 13 but then again, I was one of like 17 grandchildren. This thought just popped into my head as my oldest niece is about to turn 19. I have no thoughts either way. Just wanted to crowd source. 
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Um I am 36 and I still get Christmas gifts from my aunts and uncles LOL. BUT my mom's side of the family has a large Christmas party every year and basically everyone exchanges presents. I think I stopped getting birthday gifts in high school. DH and I also get Christmas gifts from his aunt.
Similarly, I will probably get my niece Christmas gifts forever, but will stop birthday after high school. She's going to turn 12 so she's at an age now where she'd rather have money or a gift card than an actual present.
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Very timely as we just had a nephew turn 16 last week. At this point he just wants Amazon gift cards so we will usually send him a birthday card with one inside. I do the same for his older brother who is now 18. Not sure when we will stop honestly. Christmas will continue forever since the whole family exchanges gifts.
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My husband is 41 and there is one uncle of his who sends us a gift card every Christmas!
Otherwise I am just not sure … we lived far apart from my family and I think they never did unless they happened to be there? So that’s one approach … but since I only have 1 niece and 1 nephew, maybe we’ll try to keep up gift cards when they’re older. Would be a different story for a big number!
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We don't have any, nor expect to, so I can't speak to that, but I never got birthday gifts from aunts or uncles growing up unless they were at a party (which was like once). I had two sets that gave me Christmas gifts. Once I got older (high school age) the gifts slowly got smaller and became handmade. When I was on college my mom or I talked to the parties involved and asked if it was ok that we stop exchanging gifts (I also gave them a small Christmas gift and was running out of ideas every year). My husband never got gifts from aunts or uncles, but they lived across the country, so that may have been a factor.
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We didn't get aunt/uncle gifts at all growing up. I did get godparent gifts (one aunt, one uncle) I think until I graduated high school.
With our neices/nephews bday gifts stop when they stop having family parties which is 13 according to my BIL.For Christmas I just suggested last year we cut gifts to nieces/nephews on my side to just godchildren because the kids get SO MANY gifts its ridiculous.
On the in-law side we started doing a fun get together instead as a gift (like a waterpark) with all the cousins. -
@Mommy Finger: Still going at 16, 18, and 20
We will likely always send a little something to our niece and nephews. Helps that there are only 3 of them total!
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My nieces are 5 & 7 so I don’t know yet. My DH’s side there are two who are 17 & 19. He’s only ever given them gifts if he’s around and his sister only gets my boys gifts if she is around.
Growing up we probably got gifts until our teenage years but they’d be more labeled to/from cousins.
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In my family, we got birthday and Christmas gifts from aunts/uncles until we turned 18.
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