Happy Wednesday,

I hope everyone has had a great week so far! December is a busy month in my household. My wife and I honor our matchversary (thanks Hinge!), our daughter was born in early December, we celebrate Hanukkah, Christmas is upcoming, and my wife and I have our wedding anniversary on Boxing Day.

Almost all of these events include giving some type of gift. But it now seems like the month of December has become a constant stream of gift giving. Should we simply create a family holiday where we bundle all of these events into one and exchange gifts on that day or should we instead continue to make the entire month one long holiday and exchange gifts everyday?

Let me know what you think!

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