when you stoop to their level you technically are giving them a taste of their own medicine but are also letting other people run your life.
For basically my entire life I always get ugly shirts and other assorted cheap stuff, if anything, from my family, because they can't afford much more.
That said, I acknowledge that my upbringing might be responsible with appears to me to be a more humble outlook on holidays, and with all the lack of bias that I can muster, I still can't get past how much of a little bitch you come off as.
I had angry aunts, bitches, fumb ducks, and every name in the book realized in family and friends, and you know what....
I choose to show them my best face and never let them get to me. Somehow when the sh!t hits the fan, I always support them.....and get this...they always support me.
Go figure that out.
edit: don't get me wrong. Life is not about covering your ass, but I live better because I have so it's already paid for itself in spades. Even if it never helps me out, its one hell of a nice insurance policy and also makes my life less stressful.