she’s trying to use the holidays and gifts to: manipulate you, control you, PRETEND like they are coming from a place of love- they are not. They are coming from a place of; anger, control, hate and manipulation. When you were younger, sure! Her gifts tricked you right back into thinking she cares, she does not. It’s a play, a very calculated PLAY to get you to enter her games again where she is the boss and you are, well she will just use it to hurt you. If you can- don’t open them and if you can’t give them away, the trash is a perfect place for manipulative “gifts”. Sorry OP- narcs love to pretend they care about you during the holidays because they want your attention. Remember why you went N.C. in the first place and honor your healing not her immature manipulative gifts. Don’t let her suck you back in to her toxicity.