Does this debacle not prove that we have all completely lost the plot over Christmas?
People (who most certainly can't afford to) have lost around £1000 each....£1000 for one day?!? Most of them aren't even religious
Don't get me wrong...I'm really sorry for them, but hey, isn't it time for a wake-up call?
Christmas had always been huge in my life until I was once so poor I couldn't afford to send cards even...I worried myself sick until the 26th Dec when I realised that everyone were still my friends and talking to me and it was all over like it had never happened...I learned a valuable lesson that year - Christmas is just another day.
Anyone else out there smelt the coffee?
2006-10-17 21:40:29 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
My mum used to spoil us rotten at Christmas and then spent the rest of the year going without to pay it off. It was ridiculous, Surely there is no need to spend this amount?
2006-10-17 21:51:56 · update #1
Is Christmas for children? or have we made it that way?
Best present ever? A dolls house that my dad made out of scrap wood and odds and sods - I played with it and cherished it for years and it cost him nothing but his time
2006-10-18 02:57:11 · update #2
Ah Joanne
You have completely missed the point that I was trying to make in order to justify your assault. I would like to say that I'm sorry you got burnt, but no doubt you'd take that the wrong way as well
2006-10-18 23:42:38 · update #3
totally agree. even for the religious among us.
I was in the same situation a few years back, made my own cards, (have done ever since!) and gave homemade cakes as presents.
2006-10-17 21:44:23 · answer #1 · answered by spikycacti 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Is it any wonder you don't enjoy Christmas growing up as a small boy getting a dolls house for that special day. You surely can't be female with that attitude, either that or you have never seen the joy a child or parent gets receiving or giving a gift. In any case we all feel sorry for you knowing as we do that your friends are being two faced and really don't like you and probably put up with you because money isn't a problem for you. People may not be religious day to day over the year but bet your last million on 25 December every year everyone knows the real reason that day is celebrated. We lost £450, we will get by, it's others who will find it harder that we feel for and knowing another white collar crime will go unpunished that upsets us. However, your post has put our happiness into perspective knowing that there are poor unfortunates like yourself out there oblivious to the joy and love at Christmas.
2006-10-18 16:27:50 · answer #2 · answered by joanne l 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As Christmas isn't about what it should be these days then I agree, what is the point to it all, its just sheer exploitation of the greediest kind, everyone seems to get themselves into debt over it then spend the next year whinging and moaning over it, OK kids should have a gift to open, but for goodness sake the amount some of the parents spend is ridiculous isn't it, we just go so fed up of people whinging about what we got them and been so bloody ungrateful that we now just make a donation to Guide Dogs for the blind instead, yes there still our friends too and have come to realise an extra holiday during the year somewhere nice is better received than an over indulged Christmas that means nothing anymore.
2006-10-18 09:10:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thats a bit harsh. The people that use hampers mostly have children. I couldn't imagine them waking up Christmas morning to nothing under the Christmas Tree and me saying "Don't worry, you still have friends". Yeah like they aren't gonna be disappointed. Hampers gives people a low cost, affordable way to make sure that when Christmas comes they can be safe in the knowledge that there will be something under the tree. A couple of pound every week is much easier to find than a £1000 in December.
I understand what you are saying that it is only one day, Even if you are not religious, it is a special day for families and loved ones.
Baaaa Humbug
2006-10-18 04:53:17 · answer #4 · answered by twixlicker 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Got the T-shirt, I found that post bancruptcy I was still as broke as the Venus de Milo
But it gave me really great pleasure in hunting around for very small (cost) but unusual gifts. The pleasure was that I was actually thinking about the person and if they would like the particular item rather than over commercialised expensive must haves that were bought in a rush without much thought.
I also started to visit small gift shops and craft makers it was dare I say it fun and I started talking to interesting people that made them.........the coffee smelt great and still does.
2006-10-18 04:53:47 · answer #5 · answered by philipscottbrooks 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
try telling that to my 6 year old daughter
Christmas is for children.
not only have i lost £2000 I will have to take out a high interest loan which will put me in debt for years as I have nothing left and need money to buy the smallest cheapest presents for her as you get nothing for free
2006-10-18 07:47:08 · answer #6 · answered by CHERI S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
xmas for me means nothing. but a lot of people especially parents spend the money on their kids so they can have one day of being spoilt. my mum when we were kids used to put herself in debt just so we could have xmas. farepak's MD's and directors sure as hell wont be going without this xmas so why the hell should the people who saved money with them go without as well.
2006-10-18 04:47:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah - Bah Humbug!
2006-10-18 04:43:21 · answer #8 · answered by ♥ Kazbaz ♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋