<p>Not necessarily “awkward”, but I specifically was told by my brother (who is 12 years older than me, and has a wife and a 3-year-old son) not to get them anything this year because they weren’t getting me anything and just wanted it to be fun for their son (he is the first young one in our family and was the focus of Christmas). It was fine with me, as I’m the stereotypical broke college student anyway.</p>
<p>Christmas day came, they did get me a $15 iTunes card. I was very thankful but felt bad I did not get them anything in return. Same with my sister, though we hadn’t discussed it earlier. I just didn’t even think about it. 
Maybe I’ll slip her something before I go back to school.</p>