I take a different approach. I love my wife. This is a woman that cooks for me, cleans the house, helped raise our kids, hardly ever complains, etc. SO I like to try to show my appreciation and affection towards her with lots of gifts on Christmas. Not all of them are hugely expensive, some are quite cheap in fact, but all are bought with the thought of "can she use this, would she like it" in mind. So this year she's getting a tablet, a flower, a robe, a new hair dryer, some jeans a toy and some blouses. All in all just north of $200. and I started shopping for her in July, so while that figure seems a little high, it's actually cheap when spread over 6 months. Hell, I waste more than that on beer and gunpowder over a year. So think about it guys... a little gift, (it doesn't have to be much) goes a long way towards keeping the wife happy. And as we all know, a happy wife equals a happy husband. And an unhappy wife...... well, we all have to sleep sometime. Merry Christmas everyone!!!