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Bring Back Opening Presents At Birthday Parties

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Images By Tang Ming Tung/DigitalVision/Getty ImagesI’m unsure how the trend started, but by the time my oldest daughter was about 3, I realized it was considered a faux pas to open presents at her birthday party. And not in a “Oh, don’t open that card your grandmother just gave you” way, but in that it seemed to be an ick for me to call for all of the kids and adults to gather around the birthday girl and watch her open her gifts.But I did it anyway.There’s definitely a connection between birthday parties where little kids — especially peers of the birthday child — are in attendance and the id...

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