Oh dear. Not too much of a problem with this except for my MIL. She buys little stuffed figures and statues by the gross. Her house looks like a showroom for gnomes, stuffed little children and other such items. They line every wall, sometimes 3-4 deep.
And she gives them to everyone. Two three and four at a time at every holiday opportunity.
We dont want a bunch of little stuffed things and statues all over the house, so they all end up boxed up and stacked in the garage. Periodically I drop a box full at goodwill.
I had a frank conversation with her a few years ago where I told her flat out that we dont have room for the stuff, dont decorate with them, and would rather she spend her money buying something for the kids.
So now we get little statues and stuffed things and she specifically says "these are for gabe!"
This year we got a 3' tall stuffed pumpkin man at thanksgiving and (i'm not making this up) a 3' tall santa claus sitting behind a bear which is riding a unicycle. Oh, and three more "nutcracker" statues to go with the 12-15 of them we've already got.
So since they're for gabe, I give him a hammer and let him do what he does best.
These are the folks with two homes, an RV (with loans on all of them), huge credit card debt and no savings. And are in their mid 60's.
Shoot me now.