To think this is the embodiment of miserable fuckers

[Scrooooooooge]

Something they want

something they need

something to wear

something to read

I mean - how bloody joyless is that bloody thing?

Sounds thoughtful and practical to me. I don't want to give, or be given, a load of tat that I won't use

Ugh yes giving children something they want is awful! How can they live with themselves?

😂

And don't get me started on reading. Zero fun in that. Books! Stories and fantasy! Escapism! What a shit idea!

I’ve just purchased a pink honk hot water bottle from B&M.
What category is that?

@Lottapianos
Are you a child??

I think that sounds practical and not wasteful, the planet is fecked and you want to just keep buying tat?

It's worked for me for more than a decade now. Love it.

😁👌

I agree with you! Surely Christmas is that one day to be a little bit spoiled, ‘something they need’ is so joyless.

It is miserable.

Absolutely OP I got a load of stuff I neither wanted nor needed, couldn't read, wear or eat. Still all in the cupboard - Best Christmas ever!

Yup the planet is fucked, but we’ll still tap it. Let’s see how much shit people can buy and throw away 😏

The alternative - giving them something they don't want or need - is far better, I agree. puts poop emoji plushy in Amazon basket haha! A poop emoji! Loooool

I don’t see how following this rule is saving the planet though? You can still buy tat under those headings.

Something they need?! I'd have to be a total arsehole to get them that. What's the world coming to?

What if something they want is plastic tat though?

But if the alternative is stuff they want pius stuff you think they want, but it turns out you're wrong, it's disappointing, wasteful and equally joyless. Also, somewhat depends on if it's kids or adults....I can't afford a number of things I need so I would be bloody delighted to get them as gifts instead of a set of cosmetics or a scarf or something.

YANBU OP.

Under that rules for my teenager

need - trainers
want - air rifle
wear - hoody
read - damn it he won’t read 😅

The ‘something to wear’ inevitably seems to be pants or socks

I think "giving children things they need is a bad thing" has GOT to be peak MN

Christmas is the one time I'm not allowed to be the miserable bitch that I am. So I have to let my kids have a smidgen of joy even if it's plastic (oh how I hate plastic).

Mine needs new school shoes. That’s a shit Christmas present.

Something eccentric?

It's in the new Mumsnet categories:

Something they want

Something more they want to shut them up

Some right old fucking tat

Something utterly grotesque that only the buyer thinks is a good idea

Something eccentric