The gifts on this list are for travelers, cooks, readers, hosts, gardeners, decorators, and loungers, because in the end, your mother-in-law is a person as unique and individual as anyone else.

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From writing lists, to returning unwanted gifts, and how to approach ... as half of all mothers-in-law are apparently ignored at Christmas by their offspring’s partners. And why not?