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Originally posted by Glargod
If only Christmas was about what it use to be and not what big corporate stores want it to be.
It seems that every month has a big "must buy something" festivity. They are pros at sucking the money out of us and they do it through kids/guilt/emotions.
Originally posted by ldyserenity
But, did they ever think that there may be some out there that will not have any presents at all under the tree...
Originally posted by ldyserenity
With young kids, they don't understand.
Do those tickets not have personal information on them?
The woman [color=DDFFBA]looked through several of the about 800 layaway contract tickets at the store. She randomly picked and paid the bill on three of them.
Originally posted by ldyserenity
reply to post by FortAnthem
That is so sweet, and their hearts in the right place. But, did they ever think that there may be some out there that will not have any presents at all under the tree, some parents so broke there will be absolutely NOTHING under the tree??? Or food on their table this christmas? It's likely they paid a working family's bill what about the millions of kids whose family can't find work? I am not trying to down them for doing what they did, I am just simply saying, personally if I were to do something like "secret santa" I'd pick a family who had problems with getting stuff in the first place, those that have nothing, not even the money for lay-a-way, but that's just me. Maybe they simply didn't know where to start with someone that had nothing, maybe they knew of nobody like that and wanted to do something. That's a possibility. So they did what they could, but I encourage all to if you know of someone that has nothing to give their children and have been out of work to help them. IF I was in the position to, I would, I know plenty of families this year that will have nothing under their tree at all this year.
If I had the means I'd buy the whole entire christmas meal and a large order of toys at the local store and wrap everything (presents-wise) up and put the food in a basket and leave it on the doorstep with a note at night. Well this depends on where you live, too, to make sure nobody steal it. If this was not possible because of the area, then I would leave it on the doorstep in the morning and ring the doorbel and run away so they wouldn't see me.