Who else has no presents for their kids tomorrow?

its not about the gifts mom

its about love and family


i have all the ,oney i need but i lost my family because of dovorce

i envy you

yeah, okies are thatta way sometimes...

christmas' main objective is NOT presents!

If you are so concerned about the bad feelings your child/ren may feel when not receiving gifts, next year start planning now. Buy stuff when you can on sale, at least you will have something to put under the tree!!!


Merry Christmas!

whats wrong with you
not all jewish people are bad folks and you fucking know it

It is amazing what a trip to the Dollar Tree to get a couple of puzzles, a checkers set, and some art supplies (and I'm talking ten dollars worth of stuff) can do for a kid's happiness, if the gifts are accompanied by a loving adult spending hours enjoying those pastimes with the child. We were lucky that we could afford a couple of "major" gifts for the kids this year, but we fleshed it out, accomplished "quantity" of presents, with dollar store goodies that we will invest a lot of time with the kids enjoying. I'm not trying to be holier than thou, and I know that we are lucky that we can get a couple of high-dollar gifts, but in a time of diminishing means and expectations in this country, it is good to remember what can be accomplished on a budget. Wishing you a bright holiday season and a more prosperous year next year!

Just explain how much you love them

(We are all alive & healthy, but that's hard to explain to a five & a seven year old.)

I don't have any money, but I have a lot of stuff. My kids are getting used gifts. 2 kindles, a electric guitar (Kramer), a compound bow, block field knifes and an SOG tactical tomahawk. All used. It is the best I can do.

Tell ya what.. don't sweat it.. take the time to spend it with them.. go fishing.. sledding, anything Spend the day with them, they will remember that more.

Take the time to have a close relationship with your kids.. that goes for all of you. it may seem like things are bad but the time they are growing and impressionable is short.

Don't let the fucksticks in government take that from you as well..


MAKE the time and be a parent, they will respect that more in 10 years than some chinese chinkoleum toy.

I fell for that shit once. I went there thinking i would save money. Came out with a receipt for 247$!

Sneaky bastards.

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I never had much money all my life and because of this I made sure I never knocked up any of my g/f's in the past

And I still have not much money in my life so because of this I have no g/f now

so I have nobody to buy anything for

and nobody buys for me

Were poor, very poor. But shit I could buy what your selling if you truly didn't believe in Christmas but you seem to be in it so what the hell man? I'd go to dollar tree,rob somebody or start giving out 5 dollar handys before not giving my kids something for Christmas. I guess that's just me and every other parent hos not really Christan but loves Christmas.

You have got to come up with something! this makes me want to cry

Drive some alleys and pick up shipping pallets. You can make one hell of a fort that a kid would love. You aren't alone but at least your kids are with you. I was Santa for a battered women shelter and it was heartbreaking thinking those kids lives have been turned upside down because of poor parenting

I love my child and never expect material things from him. When he says,"I love you dad" Thats better than anything material he could give me. I'm positive your parents feel the same Merry Christmas Dapurps

Have you thought about selling your computer? Can't give your kids Christmas but you can search for pitty on GLP.

cant even come up with a few hundred bucks? lol! living the dream, eh?

I'm an Okie and will be happy to send a $100.00 gift certificate to toy r us. Send me an glp mail.

only one of my two kids (my youngest) is getting Christmas, and it's meager at that. my oldest is grown.

painful economic demise...
painful and frustrating.

we need relief.

How many years have you been offering this play set/fort to your children?

How cruel of you to bring their hopes up only to crush them. (again this year)

I doubt they have asked for this gift. If they have, you should've been honest and told them you can't afford it.


I think you're after a hand-out.

I can imagine it is difficult to explain to your children

that they won't get the things they wanted this year. Peer

pressure can be difficult as though they may not really

care, it may be hard to tell their friends. One poster had

a good suggestion about waiting until the beginning of the

year. Celebrate 3 Kings day (if you are religious) That's

in January.

More importantly, they have you! They know and love you and

I am sure you feel the same way about your children. Look

back over your experience and think about the times when

you were really happy. It probably wasn't due to anything

material, but because you were at a special place, or with

people who meant a lot to you or maybe even doing something

simple.

It's never about the "things we get" but rather the

experiences we share with one another and those we have

ourselves.

Maybe you can do something special with your children. Even

if its baking cookies together or going to a park or

walking looking at decorations...something that doesn't

cost a lot of money.

When the Barbies, forts and other toys are long

gone...those won't be the things they remember. What they

will remember is the time they spent with you and the fun

and happiness you all shared as a family.

This is your opportunity to teach them that we aren't the

things we have or buy....we are something so much more and

so much better than that. They will grow up to value people

rather than "things".

Cuidarse OP

Love. You have love to give. You have laughter. Play cards, cook pancakes like Mickey Mouse. You have the expectations, not the kids. I never knew we were poor growing up. My had warm clothes (we traded between all the cousins...oh...didn't know that was poor) We had plenty of games....with a deck of cards. Jigsaw puzzles were fun at that age. We collected rocks, we collected bugs...we watched the starts. We finger painted. We learned secret writing with lemon juice. Don't apologize. If you say anything, just say Santa called and said he was going to be late. Get on Yahoo and look up your area and see if they have a freecycle group. Ours in Central California is awesome. I almost can guarantee, if you find and post on it tonight...someone will have something they can give you, which you can wrap for your children. People are awesome. Merry Christmas...be joyful for what you have, not sad for what you have not.

Christ, leave OP alone. We all can't lavish our kids with expensive designer brand gifts. Everyone's situation is different. Some people can't find work and have a lot of bills to pay. Food, rent and bills in my opinion come first before presents.

go pagan.

glp

some advice

solstice is much cheaper and much more fun.

Christmas is fake pagan already..go with the real thing.


get back to your European roots.

go pagan

Good to see some good parents on here. My parents are very materialistic and kind of twisted so it much harder. Merry Christmas to you too and your family.

OP send me your bank account number and social sec number and Ill pass it on to my wealthy friend in Africa. He can make you very rich so you never have to have a shitty kristmas again

its a win win for all

"I made poor life decisions and now I'm a piece of shit that can barley keep myself afloat, let alone children." Yeah, that's more like it "broke ass mom" some people are born into being uneducated because their own parents were uneducated and did nothing to advance themselves. Thus, continuing the cycle of poverty. No hate to the poverty folks but 80ish% of the time its preventable with a little education and dedication to advancing yourself. No pity from this guy unless misfortune or health issues are a cause .

Are u an American? Just wanted to ask because my neighbors ( who are of questionable origins) are having a party tonight. Their kids are enjoying Christmas. I can hear them through my closed doors and windows.

Here is some Ray Coniff to pass the time

perhaps it will ease the pain somewhat

Young kids only care about toys, not about Christ.