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AIBU?

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Aibu to give dd (8) and empty stocking for Christmas...

217 replies

spidersolitare · 08/11/2013 13:08

Well ,empty apart from concert tickets to see one direction?

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spidersolitare · 08/11/2013 14:15

leo. I though this was a discussion....If I never responded you'd be the first to shout the op's left!

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sublimelime · 08/11/2013 14:15

Other small things could be hair accessories, snazzy socks / pants, lip balms a book, a frame (from pound shop) with a pic of one direction in.

mumeeee · 08/11/2013 14:16

Even now at 21,23 and 26 my DDs still have stockings with a few bits and pieces in them as do DH and I.

ChestyNut · 08/11/2013 14:17

Yabu

Her ticket is her present, you surely can't count your and DHs as part of her present.

I'd wrap it in a big box and do a cheap stocking.

spidersolitare · 08/11/2013 14:26

But noone else gets stocking in this house

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sublimelime · 08/11/2013 14:29

Well ask her if she still wants a stocking? It's only a form of wrapping after all. My DC doesn't get one, never been that keen. We all get up and open presents when we are awake. But if you are giving one there are plenty of small things you can pad it out with.

WannaBeANinja · 08/11/2013 14:31

A thread this morning was a poster talking about friend etc trying to make her feel guilty for not spending more money on her DC at Christmas.

Many many posters came on to say " how dare people make you feel bad, you spend what you can etc"

Yet here.... " that's mean- go to the pound shop and buy her more"

absolutely disgusting!

Op- that's a lovely present and as you say DD love 1D she will love it

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 08/11/2013 14:33

To some extent, it depends when you open the main presents. We do stockings in the morning, before breakfast, and then the main presents from friends and family are opened after lunch (and the washing up), because that is how my family did it, and it spreads the fun out over the day - hence stockings have always seemed like a good idea, because it gave the dses something to play with in the morning.

But if you do all the present-opening first thing, then your dd will have, as you say, plenty of other things to play with, and not having a stocking won't matter to her.

I do think that little things - even from the pound shop - don't have to be tat - they can still be fun things that a child will enjoy, and I have always enjoyed watching the dses open their stockings - in fact, dh and I do stockings for eachother too, and though the boys are 16, 18 and 20, I will still be doing stockings for them as well.

The only downside for me is that I have to think of stocking fillers for 4 people - and I do sometimes slightly resent the fact that dh only has to think up stocking fillers for me. It is harder, too, now that the boys are older - I used to put in colouring pencils, toy cars, bouncy balls - all of which they loved, but which weren't expensive - but now I scrabble around for inspiration - so they tend to get a pair of boxers, new socks (usually jokey ones), some grooming products, and the aforementioned hot chocolate mix, cream and marshmallows, as well as a big tube of smarties and the chocolate coins.

FortyDoorsToNowhere · 08/11/2013 14:34

I wouldn't waste money either.

The tickets are fine. What a lovely way to send the message that christmas is about spending time together.

FortyDoorsToNowhere · 08/11/2013 14:36

We do stockings in the morning, before breakfast, and then the main presents from friends and family are opened after lunch

You have solve my christmas dilemma ( I am working)

halfthesize · 08/11/2013 14:51

I think its a lovely idea and would not but cheap tat either, she will be thrilled Grin

Beastofburden · 08/11/2013 15:00

Is stocking all her presents or just little things?

CiderwithBuda · 08/11/2013 15:03

I wouldn't buy tat for the stocking - undies, socks, smellie, lip balm, stationery stuff. I do think if you do stockings that you can put useful stuff in them.

But if you don't do stockings and the tickets are her main present I think the idea of a gold envelope sticking out of a little stocking is cute.

Annunziata · 08/11/2013 15:05

Why not put clues in her stocking and let her find the tickets?

My DD has this massive poster which puts all the song titles in a sentence, you could make them clues.

I want to stay up all night with you to make the story of my life... and it's gotta be you... that's what makes you beautiful... i just have one thing.... TICKETS Grin

Too cheesy?

Beastofburden · 08/11/2013 15:06

Can you buy stuff she's going to need anyway? like, underwear, shampoo, stationery for school, plus satsumas, chocolate... as Cider says

I like the idea of a bloody big box under the tree, so she gets that this is a bloody big present..

ThePinkOcelot · 08/11/2013 15:14

Well, I'm going 2 see the wanted in March!

OP, I cannot understand why people are being mean to you. However, I think putting her ticket in a box in a box or a cracker might be a bit more exciting for her.

kali110 · 08/11/2013 15:17

Op i dont think you are being unreasonable. Your dd is lucky and is going to be very happy! ( though you def have my sympathies)

Mim78 · 08/11/2013 15:19

Get some stuff from pound land or chocolate coins or something!

DropYourSword · 08/11/2013 15:23

Buuuuuut the stocking is the BEST BIT of Christmas!!

iheartdusty · 08/11/2013 16:29

ok, I am confused.

1D tickets are a fantastic present for her, and i expect she will be really happy that you are all going.

I don't understand where stockings come into it at all?

If you mean that you will not be giving her anything else at all, but she will get lots of gifts from other family, then my answer depends on whether she has had a stocking every year up to now.

If yes - then I still think it is a bit much to just stop now. It doesn't have to be tat, it can just be nice little things that she will like.

If she has never had a stocking, then by all means wrap up the 1D tickets in a stocking.

OrangePixie · 08/11/2013 16:37

Christmas treasure hunt around the house with each clue in an envelope decorated with 1D pictures?

shitonit · 08/11/2013 17:04

Will you and your dh be getting more presents from each other ? Or just the tickets ?

fatlazymummy · 08/11/2013 18:05

I wouldn't give my kids a stocking with just one thing in it, no matter how great that thing was, or how much they wanted that thing.
I usually put sweets and chocolate bars in their stockings, along with a couple of small gifts. The sweets are instead of selection boxes, which are a waste of money IMO.
Of course it depends on what the custom is in your family. If she's used to getting a stocking with lots of little bits and pieces then she may be a bit disappointed to get what feels like an empty stocking.It's really the tradition that makes it fun, not the actual cost of the presents.

lljkk · 08/11/2013 18:07

A roll of few sheets of A2 paper & nice marker pens would fill the space cheaply.

homeaway · 08/11/2013 18:16

I would get a few small things that she will use, undies, socks, chocolate ( ok she might not need that ), but my kids are all a lot older now and they still enjoy opening a stocking even if it is full of things that they need rather than lust after.

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