I’m sorry but presents create dependency and entitlement and stifle innovation. Children should start a business or sell off some of their assets and buy their own presents or better yet invest.
Sincerely, Tory Santa.
Back in the good old days, a lovely present for an 8 year old would be a 20 hour shift in the mines, kids these days are too damn entitled
Perfect timing for David Austerityonsteroids Cameron to make a comeback.
I’m convinced many parents don’t give sufficient thought to the financial implications of having kids.
And what percentage of parents/carers will go shoplifting (again)?
I think it will be higher than 1 in 7…I don’t buy any of my kids presents (my partner does it) 👀
Christmas joke (NSFW) A 17 year old male walks into a drug store. He says “I’ve been invited to Christmas dinner at my new girlfriend’s house. Afterwards I hope there is a chance I get lucky, you know what I mean”
Clerk: “How about condoms then? They could come in handy. Here’s a pack.” The young man after paying walks to the door, stops, smiles, comes back: “you know what, the mom is also smoking hot, I think I’ll take another pack, just in case I get extra lucky.”
Christmas eve comes around, the boy sits at the dinner table and doesn’t say a word. After a while his girlfriend says: “if I had known you were so quiet, I wouldn’t have invited you.” the young man replies “if you had told me your dad works at a drug store, I wouldn’t have come.”
Press release doesn’t seem to link to the actual research, though….
Good. Christmas is too commercial as it is. People go in to debt just to live up to societal pressures for one day of the year. It’s so dumb
That headline is just blatantly false. Just like that bollocks about fridge freezers.
I mean sure you could say 9/10 parents will be spending over £1000 on presents if you surveyed 100 people right outside Waitrose.
“Kids are spoilt these days. Tangerine and a lump of coal. Good enough in my day and less than 30p” – Lee Anderson, probably
I would encourage anyone who can afford to, please go buy some cheap games and toys and seek out a local toy bank asking for toys and donate. I will be.
Could it be the case that 1 out of 7 families simply don’t celebrate Christmas?
Do they still have those charity basket type things in shops, where you can put toys in a big box and they all go to charity? I’ve always wanted to do that but I’m not sure what it’s called or where they do it, my auntie was telling me you have to be careful because they only take very specific toys, but i kind of like the thought of spending £50 on a load of small toys and putting it in a charity box so maybe a few kids can have a present, I know it’s not much but I’d like to help.
I imagine one in seven parents will be Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Jewish or any other religion that doesn’t celebrate Christmas.
Don’t really need presents anyways. Just a nice meal and a tub of celebrations.
No actual data so I assume they mean they can’t afford PlayStations and iPads.
called it *chinese christmas* in my house growing up. token stuff for christmas to put anything under the tree, and then something from the janurary sales at the start of february.
wouldnt work now given how miserly janurary sales have been for the last decade, and all those *mark up the big ticket items 50% in august/november just to remove the markup and call it black friday* bollocks.
this stuff isnt new.
This doesn’t surprise me, I will only be getting a few for my boys and they will all be from the charity shop. I wish I could buy them what they want (it’s not even expensive stuff, but still more than I can afford), it’s a horrible feeling
If I had the time to dedicate to it, I’d love to make some crochet toys to give away to parents for free, so they can give their children something for Christmas. Unfortunately it’s tricky when I have a one year old that’s obsessed with everything I’m doing
This is, surely, absolutely false. There’s no way 1 in 7 parents won’t be buying a single gift for their children on Christmas. That’s bullshit.
Does that include parents that don’t celebrate Christmas?
What’s defined as “children” here?
If parents aren’t buying their adult children gifts, then that’s not as shocking.
Things are tough at the moment and there will undoubtedly be families who can’t afford anything for their children but you have to question the validity of a survey conducted on behalf of a charity running a Christmas toy appeal. There is a lot to feel aggrieved about but I don’t feel this is representative of the population.
Is this more of a “Cannot buy presents they want” rather than not buying anythinf at all? If it’s under £5 some Flying tiger, Ikea, or even some dollar mug can be a sufficient gift. Not exciting, but a gift nevertheless.
Semi off topic but I was just visiting the UK and saw a commercial about how 1 in 3 people won’t be able to have heating this winter and it completely blew my mind. Then on the morning show some lady was giving tips on how to save on heating like using a heating blanket. I just like I can’t believe not freezing to death isn’t something the government is helping with??
Also saw another how one in x people will be sleeping outdoors during the winter.
Maybe because I live somewhere warmer but this completely blew my mind.
Non religious + Christian is very close to 1 in 7 of the population.
Tbh I don’t imagine many Sikhs are giving Christmas presents.
1/7 of those who are in contact with a charity about supporting familines in needs, so really it’s good news – 6/7 famillies in need actually still have enough money to afford christmas shopping.
and it’s 1/7 say they can’t afford to, not that they won’t. sadly much more likely to be a going into debt situation than going without
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I’m sorry but presents create dependency and entitlement and stifle innovation. Children should start a business or sell off some of their assets and buy their own presents or better yet invest.
Sincerely, Tory Santa.
Back in the good old days, a lovely present for an 8 year old would be a 20 hour shift in the mines, kids these days are too damn entitled
Perfect timing for David Austerityonsteroids Cameron to make a comeback.
I’m convinced many parents don’t give sufficient thought to the financial implications of having kids.
And what percentage of parents/carers will go shoplifting (again)?
I think it will be higher than 1 in 7…I don’t buy any of my kids presents (my partner does it) 👀
Christmas joke (NSFW) A 17 year old male walks into a drug store. He says “I’ve been invited to Christmas dinner at my new girlfriend’s house. Afterwards I hope there is a chance I get lucky, you know what I mean”
Clerk: “How about condoms then? They could come in handy. Here’s a pack.” The young man after paying walks to the door, stops, smiles, comes back: “you know what, the mom is also smoking hot, I think I’ll take another pack, just in case I get extra lucky.”
Christmas eve comes around, the boy sits at the dinner table and doesn’t say a word. After a while his girlfriend says: “if I had known you were so quiet, I wouldn’t have invited you.” the young man replies “if you had told me your dad works at a drug store, I wouldn’t have come.”
Press release doesn’t seem to link to the actual research, though….
Good. Christmas is too commercial as it is. People go in to debt just to live up to societal pressures for one day of the year. It’s so dumb
That headline is just blatantly false. Just like that bollocks about fridge freezers.
I mean sure you could say 9/10 parents will be spending over £1000 on presents if you surveyed 100 people right outside Waitrose.
“Kids are spoilt these days. Tangerine and a lump of coal. Good enough in my day and less than 30p” – Lee Anderson, probably
I would encourage anyone who can afford to, please go buy some cheap games and toys and seek out a local toy bank asking for toys and donate. I will be.
Could it be the case that 1 out of 7 families simply don’t celebrate Christmas?
Do they still have those charity basket type things in shops, where you can put toys in a big box and they all go to charity? I’ve always wanted to do that but I’m not sure what it’s called or where they do it, my auntie was telling me you have to be careful because they only take very specific toys, but i kind of like the thought of spending £50 on a load of small toys and putting it in a charity box so maybe a few kids can have a present, I know it’s not much but I’d like to help.
I imagine one in seven parents will be Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Jewish or any other religion that doesn’t celebrate Christmas.
Don’t really need presents anyways. Just a nice meal and a tub of celebrations.
No actual data so I assume they mean they can’t afford PlayStations and iPads.
called it *chinese christmas* in my house growing up. token stuff for christmas to put anything under the tree, and then something from the janurary sales at the start of february.
wouldnt work now given how miserly janurary sales have been for the last decade, and all those *mark up the big ticket items 50% in august/november just to remove the markup and call it black friday* bollocks.
this stuff isnt new.
This doesn’t surprise me, I will only be getting a few for my boys and they will all be from the charity shop. I wish I could buy them what they want (it’s not even expensive stuff, but still more than I can afford), it’s a horrible feeling
If I had the time to dedicate to it, I’d love to make some crochet toys to give away to parents for free, so they can give their children something for Christmas. Unfortunately it’s tricky when I have a one year old that’s obsessed with everything I’m doing
This is, surely, absolutely false. There’s no way 1 in 7 parents won’t be buying a single gift for their children on Christmas. That’s bullshit.
Does that include parents that don’t celebrate Christmas?
What’s defined as “children” here?
If parents aren’t buying their adult children gifts, then that’s not as shocking.
Things are tough at the moment and there will undoubtedly be families who can’t afford anything for their children but you have to question the validity of a survey conducted on behalf of a charity running a Christmas toy appeal. There is a lot to feel aggrieved about but I don’t feel this is representative of the population.
Is this more of a “Cannot buy presents they want” rather than not buying anythinf at all? If it’s under £5 some Flying tiger, Ikea, or even some dollar mug can be a sufficient gift. Not exciting, but a gift nevertheless.
Semi off topic but I was just visiting the UK and saw a commercial about how 1 in 3 people won’t be able to have heating this winter and it completely blew my mind. Then on the morning show some lady was giving tips on how to save on heating like using a heating blanket. I just like I can’t believe not freezing to death isn’t something the government is helping with??
Also saw another how one in x people will be sleeping outdoors during the winter.
Maybe because I live somewhere warmer but this completely blew my mind.
Non religious + Christian is very close to 1 in 7 of the population.
Tbh I don’t imagine many Sikhs are giving Christmas presents.
1/7 of those who are in contact with a charity about supporting familines in needs, so really it’s good news – 6/7 famillies in need actually still have enough money to afford christmas shopping.
and it’s 1/7 say they can’t afford to, not that they won’t. sadly much more likely to be a going into debt situation than going without