Is it cheating to buy the same gift for more than one child on your Christmas list?

I had just three kids at one time. Rick had 2. They’re grown now, and between the 5 of them they managed to explode with 15 kids of their own. It is just about impossible to find a gift that seems to be “just right” for each grandkid, especially the ones we don’t know very well because they live so far away.

When I was a kid I always wanted a rock polishing kit. I know that two of my grandkids would love one as well, and quite possibly one of Rick’s grand kids (all in different homes.) Do you think the kids would care one way or the other if they got the same gift? One is 5, one is 8 (those two would know they got the same present) and the other is 11 (he wouldn’t know he got the same present. He’s one that lives far away.)

If I could find a similarly awesome gift for the rest, 2 or 3 at a time, that I think each one would truly enjoy, is it so bad to take advantage of that, even if the others knew they got the same thing?

Seems to me that this kind of worry and stress around this time is the ultimate antitheses of what Christmas is supposed to be about. :(