You bring the same gift, wrapped up for everyone to open at once. They are so much fun! I have a couple of friend groups ...

People persist in giving different gifts to different recipients in an attempt to be thoughtful by treating each person as a unique individual, write Mary Steffel of the University of Cincinnati ...

In any given year, if you have given away your entire lifetime exclusion you owe gift taxes on any amount you give over the annual exclusion. The result is that the IRS only taxes one-to-one gifts ...