Christmas Gift Giving Plan

OK, it's getting close to the holidays starting with Thanksgiving. The one day of the year we are supposed to give thanks for all the blessings in our lives, share those blessings with family and most likely, have a wonderful feast with family and friends. An awesome day and yes, I have lots to be thankful for. I have two wonderful sons, love in my life, a great family, loving friends, a roof over my head, and a lot of little things that I am probably taking for granted. Life, for the most part, is good. Yet, this little nag is still at the base of my skull as it usually is around this time of year. This little nag that gets bigger as each year passes.
CHRISTMAS! As a kid, I loved Christmas. Break from school, presents under the tree, family getting together, football games on the TV at my grandparents house, great food, building snowmen and igloos in the yard, snowball fights and Christmas carols. As an adult, I have become very disenchanted. I HATE Christmas. As an adult, it is too cold, too crowded, too much traffic, and really too commercialized. Where did the Christmas spirit go? Why can't we all just enjoy the family togetherness, the Christmas lights, the tree, the food, the memories of Christmas past, the loved ones we share them with, the loved ones we've lost, the beauty of the snow as it falls gently against the window glass, the joy in a child's eyes. Why is the emphasis of the holiday centered on shopping and giving presents? There is a lot of pressure on what to buy, how much to spend on each individual family member or friend, where to spend the holiday, who's going to be pissed off that they DIDN'T get what they wanted this year, who gave what to whom and why is the gift I received not as good as the one someone else got? It is a pain in the butt and I hate it. I also have a plan.
CHRISTMAS GIFT PLAN
Most parents know what it is that they want and their children want for Christmas. Wish lists are compiled every year and copied to other family members in hope that these gifts are purchased and given. MY PLAN? Parents. Go shopping and buy whatever it is on your own list for yourself and also the lists of your children, wrap them up and place them under the tree. On Christmas Day, the gifts will be opened, everybody gets exactly what they wanted for Christmas, the children are happy because their parents followed the list they compiled and the adults will not have to go later and stand in the gift return lines at Target because they did their job. This plan is great because parents will be spending exactly what they choose to spend and nothing more. No one will be going into debt trying to please the rest of the family with their outrageously expensive gift requests and no one is left out or thinking that someone gift is better than their own.
OK, I realize that their are some family members who no longer have parents to buy gifts for them. Grandparents, for example. Including a gift for these loved ones is perfectly fine, in fact, I think more important than ever; it is giving back for all the years they gave to their children, not only at Christmas time but throughout their lives.
So, that is my plan. Will it fly? I don't know but what I do know is that I would hate Christmas time a lot less if we focused more on the spirit of Christmas and less on the giving. Isn't that what Thanksgiving is for?