Gee, in our family, we always open them but I like the suspense of NOT opening mine. Until I open it, it could be ANY of the things I would love to have. Once opened, you know what it is and you can't dream anymore. I aggervate my family because at Christmas, I am always the last to open my gifts and Marie fusses and fusses until I open them.

The year they gave me my mothers ring for Mothers Day, they would have been REALLY if I had waited until they left. It caught me totally off guard, I never expected it and I all but cried out of happiness when I saw what it was... (That was the one thing I use to dream all the other unopened gifts was...)

In today mixed society, is would be to confusing to keep up with all the things others do. My friend Mike is Jewish so they do not celebrate Christmas but his babies Klinger and Yetta, STILL got gifts from me. He said his cats are Jewish too but they accepted their gifts and loved them, and my cats got gifts from him. We just have to respect one another and not get upset or mad when someone don't follow "our" way. I did not get mad when Mike choose to work rather than share Christmas dinner with us. I respect his choice of religion just as he respects mine.