Secret Santa is a pastime that I'd like to keep that way. I've never liked the idea of giving a gift to someone I don't know well or getting a gift from someone who doesn't know me well. Gifts should be personal and special and not something you are required to do.
This brings me to my point. Alden's class does Secret Santa every year. Every year I agonize over what I should get. There's a $5 maximum which even in the junky stores is hard to adhere to since the good stuff is all at least $5 most of the time.
Then there's the whole autism bit, lots of kids with autism are fixated on one thing, or have irrational fears of things, or just plain will not play with certain toys. For instance if you gave Alden a Matchbox car he'd probably set it down, and go get on the computer. He doesn't care about them at all.
I NEVER know what an appropriate toy is for his randomly selected classmate. I end up buying a Batman toy every single year because I'm at a loss for what to get. Some parents don't let their kids play with the "bad guy" action figures, which is stupid, Batman can kick Spiderman's ass just as easily as the Joker's in pretend play (and let's be real DC > Marvel & Batman > Spidey & could totally take him down.)
I have a hard time shopping for people I know and love, so shopping for a random 6 year old kid that I've met once for 5 minutes is impossible.
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