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Helping Your Husband Be a Better Gift-Giver Mar. 24, 2025
Dear Annie: First, I just want to say how much I appreciate your columns! I always enjoy your insigh... Read More
Good Friend Insists on Reciprocating Gifts Mar. 09, 2024
Dear Annie: I have a longtime friend who has serious trouble with gifts. It is very difficult to giv... Read More
No Money, No Christmas? No Way! Dec. 06, 2023
What would you do this holiday season if you had absolutely no money to spend and no available credi... Read More
The Ultimate Guide to Flawless Regifting Nov. 18, 2021
The act of regifting — passing on as new a gift someone else gave you — is controversial... Read More
4 Things We Really Want for Christmas Nov. 15, 2021
Do you remember the TV show "Supermarket Sweep"? Contestants had several minutes to fill grocery car... Read More
Why We Need to Start Planning for Christmas Now Oct. 25, 2021
Brisk mornings, fall colors, pumpkin pie and apple cider. Autumn is just the best time of year, righ... Read More
March 1, 2021 Mar. 01, 2021
Dear Annie: I have eight grandchildren and I love them all. I make sure to spend equal amounts of ti... Read More
A Different Love Language Apr. 24, 2020
Dear Annie: I am a widow. I have three adult children, two daughters and one son. I am fortunate tha... Read More
Special Gifts for Special People Dec. 25, 2019
Ho-ho-ho. Wait till you hear about the gifts I gave to some of America's power elites for Christmas.... Read More
Giving but Not Receiving Dec. 24, 2019
Dear Annie: As we enter the holiday season, I am unsure the etiquette around gift-giving. I know the... Read More
Responsible for the Input, Not the Outcome Dec. 23, 2019
Dear Annie: This is in response to the letter about grandkids not sending thank-you notes for gifts ... Read More
Unmatched Gifts Causing Resentment Sep. 30, 2019
Dear Annie: My son is in his mid-40s, and his wife is in her early 40s. Every year, my wife and I se... Read More
Fluent in Just One Language Oct. 29, 2018
Dear Annie: I've always been great at gift-giving. I enjoy giving others things that they will thoro... Read More
How to Do Christmas Without Debt Dec. 08, 2016
If you are or ever have been plagued by consumer debt, I can almost guarantee expenses related to Ch... Read More
An Ungrateful Granddaughter and Preschool Homework Oct. 07, 2016
Dear Family Coach: For my granddaughter's birthday I called her, and sent her a nice card and a gene... Read More
Gift-Giving Getting Complicated Jan. 19, 2016
Dear Annie: My half-brother and his wife are old enough to be my parents. He is quite well-to-do and... Read More
Mad as Hell and Not Gonna Take It Anymore! Nov. 24, 2015
Dear Annie: I have been married for 50 years and don't think I can stand one more day. The man I am ... Read More
