Who else has no presents for their kids tomorrow?

These are good tips.
I remember we used to build our own forts in the woods and stuff like these, it was very elaborate stuff.

How about you build it together with your kids, the presents beung the stuff docsquat talks about. Probably have some junk at home you can use for building materials.

Or some neighbours probably have junk they don't need that you can use, or use stuff from the forest.

so you can't afford the over the top "fort", so you skipped over a few 10 & 20 dollar gifts?

A dollar store has toys for kids. At least it's something.

I feel for you op, I really do.
At least you are being honest.

But, I think christmas is sooooo
over rated.

The tv, radio, newspapers everything is telling
us to spend, spend, spend.

Most people these days can barely afford to
pay their mortgages, let alone spend all of this
money.

I hope a secret santa comes by your house
tonite and leaves something nice for you and the kids.

I wouldn't worry to much about it when they get to 13-14 they will just run off and work for the Illuminati anyway

Grateful is the person who gives the gifts that money can't buy!

Am I the only one that sees this part of OP's post!?

I call BS!

Or horrible parent.

You have Internet, if u really cared u would of canceled it and saved that money towards a gift or two..

Instead your a fucking troll loser..

BTW..

Merry Christmas

Maybe OP is sharing or stealing Wifi.

Nothing for my kids. They know the deal. This is a fake commercial hyped event completely overshadowing the real meaning. I refuse to buy presents for anyone at Christmas. They get good presents on their birthdays. That is enough.

Don't know about the BSing but have been reading his posts on other threads and says he has three kids and looks like times have been tough. He says the kids aren't his but are now so maybe adopted from a relative? Maybe OP could tell us more if he would come back. Anyway, maybe he could have pawned some stuff. But he shouldn't promise kids things that he can't deliver. A few little things would have been better than nothing.

As long as the kids know this in advance I don't have a problem with not giving presents. Most kids get tons of stuff during the year and any more is just overkill. I rather like the after xmas shopping to get deals and so do my kids. We don't do commercialized holidays anyway and it works out much better.

Santa's bringing assault rifles for all the kiddo's.
Merry Christmas!!!

I was in that situation last year. Things are still tight. Personally I kept thinking something would happend and I would be able to get a few simple toys. It turns out you have to sign up for toys for tot's like 3months in asvance. Everywhere you go You have to prove you are truley in need. In my case just too much debt to pay off due to a slab leak/ major plumbing repair, foundation repair/ leveling, new rook , Broken central air/ heat, broken, clothes washer, minor auto accident... still a big bill. Broken computer's. You name it it broke 2 years ago all at onece. I stayed home and home schooled my autistic son, since the shool system won't educate my child appropriately. He needs a 1:1 to keep him on task. So only one working parent. My daughter was doing great. We got a few gift from relatives. moslty my kids cut out and pasted onto cardboard,what they wanted form magazines. The kids were fine with it. I think I had a harder time with it then they did.I kept reminding them that thre was someone in the world that had it tougher then us. I did have to go back to work though to get back on our feet.

Maybe you couldn't arrange the gift that they wanted, but I hope that you made some effort to give them something.

If not, it's not too late. Put your hear, mind, and creativity together, and you'd be surprised what you could do with little or no money.

It's still early enough to try, look around the house, and put that imagination in full force, and you'd be surprised,

Peace.

do you and your kids a favor give your kids up to adoption and get sterilized.. too many fucking breeders on this planet to begin with

If you live in Fresno CA your welcome to come over for a feast and gift exchange. Let me know!

Thats what i am doing .. We love xmas in feb!

So the women getting the shit kicked out of her is a bad parent for getting help to get her and her kids out of that situation?

this

Explain to them the true meaning of Christmas

the quicker they learn that life is not really about materialism
the better.

Christmas is a satanic holiday anyway..

better off not celebrating lest the dark lord takes your soul

Next year, make sure you participate in the Salvation Army's angels program. I volunteered last Friday and there were literally thousands of decent toys being given away for free to families.

for this year, make XMAS day a family time day for creating good memories together. I can't remember hardly any gifts I received, but I remember the traditions and what I did with my family.

You could always suck cock for cash. They got that program on the streets there.

That is what I'm working on. It is expensive. I only have a few boards so some time this year.

Its been tough on us. I don't have gifts for my kids. They are older though--16 and 25. I am going to have a nice dinner for everyone :) That to me is what Christmas is about: the getting together with family and having a good time. After we eat, we usually play games of some kind till late at night. It will be fun <3
So don't feel alone. I feel blessed we have the money to get the stuff to fix a fab dinner tomorrow. Going to school and working part-time and hubby getting no overtime has made it a rough early winter, but everything is fine. We all have each other and that is what counts. <3333333333333

Only problem I see is there are so many churches and other groups that will buy kids gifts so I don't understand not asking those people for help.

A church would have put your kids on an Angel Tree and some churches will adopt an entire family to do the full Christmas for, not just a gift each, but dinner and a complete Christmas.

Tell ur kids u r muslins now

teach them about their imaginations, teach them that they are free and can build anything they wish, teach them that beauty is everywhere and wonder is infinite

I have no biological kids. I have three sons that I provide for The youngest two were to be separated into two different foster homes so my wife and I took them in.

I can't help but feel this is a parent fail.

I've been been poor, real poor, but I never made the kids miss out and I never felt desperate enough to go to the Christmas lunch but on for the poor.

Could you not of at least rung up and got someone to pick you up?

They give the kids a present as well as a full on Christmas lunch.

I think you suck, this screams of I'm a selfish git who didn't make any effort at all ... not even to ring up and get taken to a Christmas lunch for the poor were others would have paid for a toy for my kid!
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