To be fed up of the criticism of those who splashed out for Christmas!

[Fanfeckintastic]

You can't open a thread about Christmas without someone voicing their dismay and horror that someone's eg "4 year old got an ipad", "that someone's partner gave them a tatty secondhand Christmas present and they should be grateful!", "you bought all that for a 5 year old "

It's mad because you'd never dream of criticizing the parents who had a minimalistic Christmas and bought very little for their DCs (like many of my Christmases) but somehow it's acceptable to be all judgy about people who splash out, with lots of raised eyebrows and sneeriness.

And how it's a mortal sin not to be overwhelmed with gratitude that your partner bought you anything at all. It's a really strange attitude that raises it's ugly head every year on here.

Exactly, calling gifts your children have received plastic tat but telling people they should be grateful their partner gave them some crusty secondhand shoes?! Doesn't sound too grateful to all the plastic tat givers

Don't posters remember being kids?
The excitement of receiving that years most popular plastic tat?

"My dc will be happy with the gifts I found on a skip under a dead fox - so should yours"

Oh how I laughed

Oddly enough I gave my children a dead fox this year.

Pag...and I bet they were grateful weren't they? :)
Soooo many uses for dead vermin I find....and it means they use their imagination!

God yes. Dead fox and a few fir cones and it will double up as next years centrepiece.

Surely other people only know what you've spent if you show/tell them. The very minute you do that you invite comment.

Derek you forgot the anti-MIL slant "she bought PFB an egg, that was supposed to be a mummy led tradition the utter bitch, shall we go NC as I have the teeny excuse I've been searching for since I met her DS"

Luxury...My dc dream of having a dead fox to play with!

Let's not forget the annual threads collectively tutting at that well known road to hell....A Chocolate Advent Calendar.

I think as a society we have to take some responsibility for how materialistic and greedy we are becoming ...
I'm one who can't stand to see FB photos of mounds of presents under people's trees ... Is this what Christmas is reduced to? Life is too short and too precious to think your doing you're DC by "spoiling" them at Christmas. We would all be better off teaching them that none of all that actually matters.

YANBU. I agree- For those who say the true meaning if Christmas is lost, giving gifts shows love, thinking of others, considering their needs or wishes, and a mark of appreciation. I may raise my eyebrows at times but know going overboard is done with the best if intentions in most cases.

Pag
:)
The very fact you have a centrepiece at all means you belong with the poncetastic mob, you know that, dont you?

I will raise your chocolate advent calendar and throw in a Star Wars lego advent calendar!
Apparently the end is fucking nigh now.....

Mrsd...is that dead fox wearing pearls???....

Holy fuck MrsD. That is scary as hell !
< wants one>

I think you can give (and indeed receive) a pile of presents without being spoiled, greedy or not understanding a bigger picture where other things in life are are important. My dc seem to have grasped it anyway.

What the fox is that??

ipads worth hundreds of pounds for 4 yr olds who can't even read is a fucking abomination, symbolic of the sort of vacuous twats you have become in the face of Apple's marketing strategy. The brand zombies
I haven't even commented a single thing about anyone else's gift choices for their children the entire festive period on here, but seeing as you have specifically brought it up, then yeah - those parents are thickos with far too much money and not enough sense.
We should care what other people are buying because it all reflects on our society and everyone's kids, keeping the haves and have-nots culture strong. It does matter.

Of course if your child is one of the haves you're not going to give a fuck are you?