<p>I've been invited to celebrations, including weddings, in which the invitation stated, "Your presence is our best present." I didn't think that was tacky.</p>
<p>I wrote another thread about this, but... the sweetest gift my son received came from the mother of one of his friends. It was two packages of home made cookies, and two postcards. The front of the postcards said, "I NEED COOKIES!" and the back of the postcard had the giver's name & address, a stamp, a list to check off what flavor he wants, and a place to write his name and address. What a nice way for him to stay in touch with his friend's family, and get a bit of support from old friends when he needs it at college next year!</p>
<p>Lafalum84, I love the idea re: cookies. At our grad party for our three kids, we put "No gifts" on the invites. Very good friends -- we give their kids grad gifts -- gave generous gifts. Some other people gave gifts which was very nice but totally unnecessary. When people specifically asked me re: gifts, I suggested that they make donations to charity. There were donations to Doctors Without Borders, cancer and diabetes organizations, Hole in the Wall camp.</p>