[quote=desmond]Not to get you riled up, but inviting 30+ kids and then complaining you don’t want 30+ new things for you kid to play with? Next time either invite 5- kids, or invite the 30+ and write on the card: No Gifts, please. Just a suggestion, no harm implied.[/quote]

No harm interpreted 🙂

We originally invited 15 kids, no gifts…..But then what ended up happening is that some kids had siblings and since we weren’t explicit we had much more than we originally expected. And I they also also brought a gift or two. Lesson learned, I guess. Someone suggested next time suggested writing, “in lieu of gift, please donate to the XYZ charity”. For now, I guess we got some spares for regifting and Toys for Tots when Xmas rolls around..For next time, is there an etiquette way of saying “immediate friend only?”