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How much do you spend on your child's Christmas?
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Your posts are exhausting to read and I honstly can't make sense of what point you are trying to get across. I keep going back to them but it's still not getting any clearer.
Chocolate oranges were on sale at our pound shop ..... for a pound.
Ha ha ha thanks for that
No pounds shop where I live unfortunately
I would have happily gone and cleared the shelf 
Terrys Chocolate Orange addiction :rotfl:"You can measure a man's character by the choices he makes under pressure"Sir Winston Churchill0 -
jackieglasgow wrote: »Its the competitive edge that bothers me, there's the people who want to look as if they are spending as little as possible and being as frugal as possible versus the ones who are not restricted by bidget, each one casting judgmental glances at the other, and in some cases thinky veiled b1tchieness. There is no need for this type of thread, and every year it ends up the same Shame it can't be avoided on here, when we're all meant to be supporting one another.
You hit the nail on the head and made the point a LOT better than I did thanks :T
As usual it is the misers throwing the dirty looks at the people who dont mind spending a few quid so I thought I would even up the balance and throw a few dirty looks back :T
Cant please all the people all the time sadly...................."You can measure a man's character by the choices he makes under pressure"Sir Winston Churchill0 -
Actually I don't think its "the misers" doing all the b1tching, there is just as much judgement coming from people who like /choose to /can spend more. And to be fair, we don't know how many people really can't afford to spend more than x amount, and are making out its through choice alone to save face, or how many do so for other reasons, or indeed who simply can't afford it but don't feel the need to explain themselves. Such a shame, and the reason I haven't posted on this thread until now. I haven't spent a penny, it was all SANTA!It's what is inside your head that matters in life - not what's outside your window
Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph; a beginning, a struggle and a victory. - Ghandi0 -
Plans_all_plans wrote: »You can criticise me and my beliefs all you want: it is water off a duck's back.
Happy Christmas UnderPressure, I hope your children are truly happy with their presents this year. Happy Christmas to the rest of you on the thread too and I hope the rest of your children are equally happy on Christmas Day too.
Hello
I am not criticising honestly not you anyhow Poking a bit of fun maybe but certainly not in any personal way to upset you
Thanks for your greeting and you too enjoy the festivities whatever you do
Mine shall be happy this year as said previously to me it used to be about filling the front room literally with presents and literally over whelming them, I can tell you on a few years we have ended up with tears because they were so overwhelmed and literally did not know what to do not healthy really.
We concetrate more on quality now than quantity by the time we have finished they will have a very nice pile each but it is all stuff they really want no guesswork this year.
Anyway my best wishes to you and your family, oh and for the record me an mine will be at mass Christmas Day morning as we are every year "You can measure a man's character by the choices he makes under pressure"Sir Winston Churchill0 -
not that much this year
its my boys 3rd Christmas and TBH we went mad his first two
He has too many toys and is the youngest grandkid on my EX's side
so he gets a fair bit there
only spent around £50 on a few toys,art desk and the like
got the Thomas boxset a few months ago
picked up some clothes over the last couple of months
this will be the last year we will get away without him 'wanting' stuff 0 -
jackieglasgow wrote: »Actually I don't think its "the misers" doing all the b1tching, there is just as much judgement coming from people who like /choose to /can spend more. And to be fair, we don't know how many people really can't afford to spend more than x amount, and are making out its through choice alone to save face, or how many do so for other reasons, or indeed who simply can't afford it but don't feel the need to explain themselves. Such a shame, and the reason I haven't posted on this thread until now. I haven't spent a penny, it was all SANTA!
I think that may be a little unfair, if you read back through the thread from the start most of the dirty looks are coming from what I term the misers, whether they feels somekind of guilt or inadequacy I dont know but they seem to generally disagree with spending money on the children and dont seem to even be aware of the consequences to the child yet alone think about these consequences.
Yes there will be people genuinley cannot afford more than 50 quid or whatever I am not judging these people I know only too well how badly life can turn on you I am mentally stronger than most it did get to me in a big way but I refused it to carry on and after a bit of thinking on my feet I brought it all to an end and moved on, so belive me I know I have been there I really have. However........................
As I also said Christmas comes but once a year with a bit of planning even 2 quid a week in an old jar amounts to over 100 quid I am sure no matter how hard up you are with a bit or planning and organisation.............................
I am not having a go at these people just the scrooges that choose to spend less then spout cr*p on a forum trying to justify themselves and at the same time saying people who spend more and spoil their kids are grooming the devil!!!!
Just wanted to even things up a bit
I love your closer and I agree it was not me it was all down to Santa
As said though this to is a dangerous thing to express sometimes especially if you are a bit hard up, it must be awful for a child to think I wanted a BMX for christmas and santa did not bring me one but he brought little johhny down the road one imagine what must run thorugh kids minds? Crikey
But on the other hand I dont think kids should know anyting about parents failures and financial hardships, yes failures is a very powerful word but come on people lets be honest that is exactly what they are, such as my business was a failure which then in turn made our finances my failure dont sugar coat things you need a sense of reality to move on and make sure you are never in that position again
I like you Jackie You are perfectly saying what I am trying to but in a much friendlier way "You can measure a man's character by the choices he makes under pressure"Sir Winston Churchill0 -
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UnderPressure wrote: »Hello
Mine shall be happy this year as said previously to me it used to be about filling the front room literally with presents and literally over whelming them, I can tell you on a few years we have ended up with tears because they were so overwhelmed and literally did not know what to do not healthy really.
I'm genuinely interested, did your children notice a drastic drop in spends and how did they react?
In answer to the main question, my children get one main present from us and a nice stocking from Santa. I probably spend a distinctly average amount every year.0 -
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ha ha ha so funny and soooooooo true saldy it will never be cancelled Tesco would not allow it!"You can measure a man's character by the choices he makes under pressure"Sir Winston Churchill0 -
UnderPressure wrote: »ha ha ha so funny and soooooooo true saldy it will never be cancelled Tesco would not allow it!
i know
but as macka b says - its ok to remove it from your life
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