Having thought about this a little, (Very little actually), I'm thinking that it's not like it once was. Each of my parents had seven siblings and every Christmas we would get a gift from every one of our aunts and uncles plus our grandparents. My parents would buy a gift for every one of their nieces and nephews. I remember their being presents under the tree, behind the tree, and in front of the tree to the point that we had a little path to walk thought the living room. In fact it got to the point where my parents would allow us to open the gifts from our relatives on Christmas Eve so that there would be enough room for the presents from Santa the next morning.
I don't think that families are that big any more nor do we give to all of the nieces and nephews like that today.
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