Gaaaahhhh Christmas!!!!

Sooo I thought Christmas would be simple. I have had crap going on, time has been flying by, not in a good way, and I stupidly said to myself this year, Christmas would be a basic simple easy stress free time, ummmmmmmmm no! I was down to 3 people to buy for, but that has changed. Low and behold, some OTHER people have the time to visit and therefor, expect gifts. Did I mention BAH HUMBUG? I have no clue how to deal with this. I have my grandaughter "secretly" building me a birdhouse, which I LOVE. She doesn't know that I know, and really, it will be a surprise as I don't know the design she came up with. That just makes it all the more special. I am not allowed in the basement as top secret stuff is going on down there, there are drills, sanders, hammers and laughter coming from below, how can Christmas get better than that? I have Santa's workshop at the bottom of my stairs!! Why can't everyone on my list be as happy with homemade as me? Why does an implied price tag mean so much? Am I cheap? No! But,, expected gifts, with a minimum purchase value, do kinda take the fun out of it. At what point do I take a stand and say screw you, here is some macaroni stuck on a string, it's called a necklace, pretend it's diamonds, grow up and get over it!