Is AUTHOR wrong in the post ? POST : Long story short, my family is ethnically Jewish but religiously Christian. For personal reasons, I went back to Judaism, but my parents are still Christian. We have never really exchanged Christmas presents in my family, and we just cook a nice dinner together instead (my parents pay for the groceries). However, I do get gifts from my mom’s parents, and I get them a gift for the sake of reciprocity.

The other day, I was talking to my dad, and he started pressuring me to buy gifts for my immediate family. This is strange to me for three reasons:

1. He knows I can’t afford it (our family is large, and I’m in grad school).
2. Our immediate family doesn’t exchange gifts.
3. Now that I’m more serious about Judaism, I’m trying not to celebrate Christian holidays.

I told my dad that I wasn’t getting gifts for the immediate family, and he was really snippy about it. He is not getting me a gift, so I’m not sure why he expects me to buy for him and my siblings. I’ve thought about offering to chip in on groceries for our holiday meal, but I don’t want to buy gifts. Am I the asshole? 
