We are not spending near as much as we used to now. I truely believe that this country in itself has become rather spoiled. Can you believe there were people in line for 42" tvs the day after thanksgiving complaining about the economy?? And how they cannot get their kids much for Christmas because of it
Yet they are buying themselves 42" plasmas. Commercialism has turned Christmas into the season of giving. Yes, we are supposed to give, but that is totally different than the type of giving that we see so often. I have witnessed over the years, the most ungrateful, spoiled children in this country. I mean, good grief, a 6 year old does not have any need for a $300 ipod!! I have seen first hand, family members children who are so unhappy on Christmas morning because they didn't get all of the gifts on their lists! I truely believe that this is very damaging to a child. Its unbelievable the amount of people that are one welfare that have high speed internet for their new laptops, cell phones, and cable. Our priorities are truely warped anymore. So I am trying to do what I can to help my children appreciate what they have and what they get, as well as learn what real priorities are. We used to spend about $300 on each child, but we are spending under $100 on each now, and are mostly doing combined family gifts.