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[MLee]

 I'm a traditionalist and hate for the things to change. But what I'm learning is that communication is the key to every thing. TALK TALK TALK to your kids and their wives and find out what they want before you do anything. If you stop, some of them may be hurt. Another set may be relieved. But you need to know before you decide to do anything. Communication with them instead of us is the best way to go.

My DH's very best memories are of opening the pjs that his grammy gave him every year on Christmas eve. Just thought I'd throw that out there. We carry on this tradition ourselves.

[sdwhru]

 I would talk to your kids, but I would think do it for the grandchildren....especially the young ones!!

[ncokely]

 We had to change a tradition in my hubby's family and the adults were asked to pay for their own kids.

[scrapaholic]

 neat tradition but at some point you certainly should not have to bear the entire cost.

[Hudson]

 Grandma was in this same dilemma - but now she is a brand new Great-Great Grandma.

So she exchanges names with her kids.
Since us Grandkids had received many items before - each year something a little smaller we don't now.
The great grandkids (mine were the 1st three) would receive rotating  1 - grandma second & third year was aunties then 4th year grandma.  They split the grand kids up so they were really only buying for one family each year.

Now that she is a great-great grandma -- I'm thinking that TJ will get something until more great great grandkids come around as TJ is the first

[bluetulip]

 I'd keep the tradition going with the grandchildren, and I would encourage my children to participate as well.  I started this tradition with my daughter and niece.  Hope that helps!

[deerewife]

 I would talk to your kids and see if they want to continue the tradition themselves.  That's alot of money to spend on pjs!
We personally get the girls pjs and my mil does a new ornament.  Both are opened Christmas Eve.  It combines traditions from both of our families.   I have offered to do the ornament, but my mil loves to pick out just the right one so I'm good with that.  But, she doesn't buy for big kids anymore either

[TraciL]

 My vote is take the pj's back - and maybe switch to mittens for the kids (plus whatever else you might do)

Might be time to draw names?

My great Aunt gave us mittens as long as I can remember until we hit about 18 and I loved it and remember it to this day.  When she was younger they were hand knit - but always beautiful and I am 43 and still remember!

My Aunt would buy us new crayons and a coloring book.  She would somehow roll the crayons inside the book and wrap it like a tube!  _ loved that gift too - She had 6 nieces and nephews to buy for at this was her way to say she was thinking of us.

[scrapsakes]

 oh good question!!  i'll be wondering this same thing too later on
 since it is also a xmas tradition for us here... i'd be sad to let it
 go too, but it would be weird to be the one buying PJs for the in-
 laws, so maybe just the grandkids and your big kids 'cause they
 are your kids after all and they better not give you flak for it

[Kimandasmo]

 What Angie said sounds very reasonable to me.  See how your kids feel about the tradition for both themselves and for their own kids too.  Good luck with however it turns out.

I agree- and hopefuly you can all come to a resoloution that makes everyon happy

[AmyTeets]

I would personally just buy the pjs for the grandkids  

[JelloShotLady]

 I love jammies, so I say give them to the girls, then mabye tools or something else to the guys?
Then do ornaments for the kids.

[girlsmommy]

 I would only buy them for the kids.

[Mommybruno]

I'd definitely talk it over with the whole family. It's a fun tradition, and it should be kept going somehow! (I'm all about the holiday traditions, LOL!) When I was a kid, my mom used to sew PJs for me and my cousins for Christmas. Now she buys PJs for all the grandkids for Christmas. It's a fun thing to keep going, and everyone needs PJs!!

[DiHickman]

I think, ditch the adults, concentrate on the grandkids. If my parents or my in-laws got me pyjama's I'd think it was weird. It'd also be pointless as we go commando to bed

I'd make a scrappy event of it.
Wrap the grandkids PJ's up, but give them to YOUR kids, with a "tradition  passing" poem or passage, Explaining that it's their responsibility now to carry on the tradition.