"DEAR MISS MANNERS: Just after Thanksgiving each year, my young nieces send out a letter to the extended family that contains their Letter to Santa, outlining the things they would like as gifts. Sometimes the letters are very cute. My husband and his siblings grew up with these letters as a tradition, and I don't mind receiving them. What I don't want is for my kids to write similar letters."
"GENTLE READER: Then why not tell them yourself? Well, Noah is into dinosaurs right now, and Ruby is into cars, although she also wants to be a scientist. So I'm sure any sort of book or toy on those subjects would be perfect. And then Miss Manners suggests you keep nattering on until your in-laws wish they had not asked."
Young nieces send an annual Letter to Santa after Thanksgiving listing desired gifts to extended family. A parent refuses to have her own children write similar lists, citing concerns about entitlement and later overuse of gift registries. Relatives requested lists from the children and did not adopt the parent's suggestion to ask the children directly about current interests. The recommended response is to tell relatives directly and offer specific gift ideas, such as dinosaur books or toys for Noah and car or science-themed items for Ruby. Another correspondent describes tasting eggs and distributing salt by sprinkling it into one clean hand, pinching some with the other, and discarding excess away from the food.
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