Angel Tree gift question -- what is going on with the gifts?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These kids are told to put down a wish. And they’re putting down what they wish for. Can you blame them?!

I remember one year there was a kid who put down a pretty extensive toy and I was willing to get it, and it completely broke my heart when I saw the next thing on the list. A blanket. A kid who has very little is told to ask for something either really need a really want and they say a freaking blanket. I’m willing to bet that the majority if not all of the people on this website, have children who would never think to ask for a blanket. Because you have closets full of them, and your children have never been cold.

So have some perspective. They may be asking for something you think is extravagant or you think they don’t need but remember you take for granted things that they’ll never have.

I think your example is proving the point. If the kids don't have blankets, that's what someone should buy, not the expensive toy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You know how people sometimes come across something and say "This restores my faith in humanity"? Well this thread did the opposite.

You PPs who clearly want to keep poor children in some kind of a place by begrudging them nice gifts -- that you didn't have to volunteer to buy -- are not good people.

You have to buy people unnecessary overpriced toys to be considered a good person? You have a strange definition of good. Did nobody buy you an iPad last year?

Your reading comprehension is pretty poor. No...you don't "have to buy people unnecessary overpriced toys to be considered a good person." But you do have to avoid judging what poor children ask for for Christmas, especially with the contempt I see here. It's disgusting.

So stop judging people for the ways in which they can help. If they can't afford to spend $500 to fulfill a wish, then they shouldn't be judged for that. It's gross to be calling people names and shitting on them when they are trying to help.

DP: No one is doing that. Some of us — me included— are judging people who are judging children for responding truthfully when asked what they want for Christmas.

Some of us — me included— are also judging people who don’t seem to be genuinely trying to help. If you want to ship cheap clothing overseas to kids, that’s great. Such generosity really doesn’t need to be accompanied by posts in threads like this about what some kids in the US might wish for. It’s easy enough to pick kids with less expensive wishes, or donate to Toys for Tots, or purchase coats from the Macy’s sale for a day care or school program.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You know how people sometimes come across something and say "This restores my faith in humanity"? Well this thread did the opposite.

You PPs who clearly want to keep poor children in some kind of a place by begrudging them nice gifts -- that you didn't have to volunteer to buy -- are not good people.

You have to buy people unnecessary overpriced toys to be considered a good person? You have a strange definition of good. Did nobody buy you an iPad last year?

Your reading comprehension is pretty poor. No...you don't "have to buy people unnecessary overpriced toys to be considered a good person." But you do have to avoid judging what poor children ask for for Christmas, especially with the contempt I see here. It's disgusting.

So stop judging people for the ways in which they can help. If they can't afford to spend $500 to fulfill a wish, then they shouldn't be judged for that. It's gross to be calling people names and shitting on them when they are trying to help.

DP: No one is doing that. Some of us — me included— are judging people who are judging children for responding truthfully when asked what they want for Christmas.

Some of us — me included— are also judging people who don’t seem to be genuinely trying to help. If you want to ship cheap clothing overseas to kids, that’s great. Such generosity really doesn’t need to be accompanied by posts in threads like this about what some kids in the US might wish for. It’s easy enough to pick kids with less expensive wishes, or donate to Toys for Tots, or purchase coats from the Macy’s sale for a day care or school program.

How does this thinking address the OPs question. Why was this wanted gift activated so many months later?

[Anonymous]

I give to the Food Bank and donate new toys to the Toy Drives.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You know how people sometimes come across something and say "This restores my faith in humanity"? Well this thread did the opposite.

You PPs who clearly want to keep poor children in some kind of a place by begrudging them nice gifts -- that you didn't have to volunteer to buy -- are not good people.

You have to buy people unnecessary overpriced toys to be considered a good person? You have a strange definition of good. Did nobody buy you an iPad last year?

Your reading comprehension is pretty poor. No...you don't "have to buy people unnecessary overpriced toys to be considered a good person." But you do have to avoid judging what poor children ask for for Christmas, especially with the contempt I see here. It's disgusting.

So stop judging people for the ways in which they can help. If they can't afford to spend $500 to fulfill a wish, then they shouldn't be judged for that. It's gross to be calling people names and shitting on them when they are trying to help.

DP: No one is doing that. Some of us — me included— are judging people who are judging children for responding truthfully when asked what they want for Christmas.

Some of us — me included— are also judging people who don’t seem to be genuinely trying to help. If you want to ship cheap clothing overseas to kids, that’s great. Such generosity really doesn’t need to be accompanied by posts in threads like this about what some kids in the US might wish for. It’s easy enough to pick kids with less expensive wishes, or donate to Toys for Tots, or purchase coats from the Macy’s sale for a day care or school program.

How does this thinking address the OPs question. Why was this wanted gift activated so many months later?

Maybe they weren’t sure how to download free books and finally found someone to help them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You know how people sometimes come across something and say "This restores my faith in humanity"? Well this thread did the opposite.

You PPs who clearly want to keep poor children in some kind of a place by begrudging them nice gifts -- that you didn't have to volunteer to buy -- are not good people.

You have to buy people unnecessary overpriced toys to be considered a good person? You have a strange definition of good. Did nobody buy you an iPad last year?

Your reading comprehension is pretty poor. No...you don't "have to buy people unnecessary overpriced toys to be considered a good person." But you do have to avoid judging what poor children ask for for Christmas, especially with the contempt I see here. It's disgusting.

So stop judging people for the ways in which they can help. If they can't afford to spend $500 to fulfill a wish, then they shouldn't be judged for that. It's gross to be calling people names and shitting on them when they are trying to help.

DP: No one is doing that. Some of us — me included— are judging people who are judging children for responding truthfully when asked what they want for Christmas.

Some of us — me included— are also judging people who don’t seem to be genuinely trying to help. If you want to ship cheap clothing overseas to kids, that’s great. Such generosity really doesn’t need to be accompanied by posts in threads like this about what some kids in the US might wish for. It’s easy enough to pick kids with less expensive wishes, or donate to Toys for Tots, or purchase coats from the Macy’s sale for a day care or school program.

How does this thinking address the OPs question. Why was this wanted gift activated so many months later?

Maybe they weren’t sure how to download free books and finally found someone to help them.

Wouldn't you have to activate it first to then realize you don't know how to do that part?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:These kids are told to put down a wish. And they’re putting down what they wish for. Can you blame them?!

I remember one year there was a kid who put down a pretty extensive toy and I was willing to get it, and it completely broke my heart when I saw the next thing on the list. A blanket. A kid who has very little is told to ask for something either really need a really want and they say a freaking blanket. I’m willing to bet that the majority if not all of the people on this website, have children who would never think to ask for a blanket. Because you have closets full of them, and your children have never been cold.

So have some perspective. They may be asking for something you think is extravagant or you think they don’t need but remember you take for granted things that they’ll never have.

I think your example is proving the point. If the kids don't have blankets, that's what someone should buy, not the expensive toy.

It’s not your wishlist. These kids can ask for whatever they want. Instead of judging these kids, just MYOB and pick a different kid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You know how people sometimes come across something and say "This restores my faith in humanity"? Well this thread did the opposite.

You PPs who clearly want to keep poor children in some kind of a place by begrudging them nice gifts -- that you didn't have to volunteer to buy -- are not good people.

You have to buy people unnecessary overpriced toys to be considered a good person? You have a strange definition of good. Did nobody buy you an iPad last year?

Your reading comprehension is pretty poor. No...you don't "have to buy people unnecessary overpriced toys to be considered a good person." But you do have to avoid judging what poor children ask for for Christmas, especially with the contempt I see here. It's disgusting.

So stop judging people for the ways in which they can help. If they can't afford to spend $500 to fulfill a wish, then they shouldn't be judged for that. It's gross to be calling people names and shitting on them when they are trying to help.

DP: No one is doing that. Some of us — me included— are judging people who are judging children for responding truthfully when asked what they want for Christmas.

Some of us — me included— are also judging people who don’t seem to be genuinely trying to help. If you want to ship cheap clothing overseas to kids, that’s great. Such generosity really doesn’t need to be accompanied by posts in threads like this about what some kids in the US might wish for. It’s easy enough to pick kids with less expensive wishes, or donate to Toys for Tots, or purchase coats from the Macy’s sale for a day care or school program.

How does this thinking address the OPs question. Why was this wanted gift activated so many months later?

I can think of multiple reasons— including initially using the wanted gift for things that didn’t require activation. It’s been pointed out that resources available through many public libraries are available using kindle and other tablets.

Another is not having access to Wi-Fi initially — but arranging to get access several months later.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You know how people sometimes come across something and say "This restores my faith in humanity"? Well this thread did the opposite.

You PPs who clearly want to keep poor children in some kind of a place by begrudging them nice gifts -- that you didn't have to volunteer to buy -- are not good people.

You have to buy people unnecessary overpriced toys to be considered a good person? You have a strange definition of good. Did nobody buy you an iPad last year?

Your reading comprehension is pretty poor. No...you don't "have to buy people unnecessary overpriced toys to be considered a good person." But you do have to avoid judging what poor children ask for for Christmas, especially with the contempt I see here. It's disgusting.

So stop judging people for the ways in which they can help. If they can't afford to spend $500 to fulfill a wish, then they shouldn't be judged for that. It's gross to be calling people names and shitting on them when they are trying to help.

DP: No one is doing that. Some of us — me included— are judging people who are judging children for responding truthfully when asked what they want for Christmas.

Some of us — me included— are also judging people who don’t seem to be genuinely trying to help. If you want to ship cheap clothing overseas to kids, that’s great. Such generosity really doesn’t need to be accompanied by posts in threads like this about what some kids in the US might wish for. It’s easy enough to pick kids with less expensive wishes, or donate to Toys for Tots, or purchase coats from the Macy’s sale for a day care or school program.

How does this thinking address the OPs question. Why was this wanted gift activated so many months later?

Maybe they weren’t sure how to download free books and finally found someone to help them.

Wouldn't you have to activate it first to then realize you don't know how to do that part?

DP. I don’t have a kindle, so I’m making an assumption that “activate” here means linking your kindle with an Amazon account. You do not need to do this to access ebooks and movies through at least some public library systems, or the Internet Archive, or Tubi.

[Anonymous]

Not everyone has Amazon.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You know how people sometimes come across something and say "This restores my faith in humanity"? Well this thread did the opposite.

You PPs who clearly want to keep poor children in some kind of a place by begrudging them nice gifts -- that you didn't have to volunteer to buy -- are not good people.

You have to buy people unnecessary overpriced toys to be considered a good person? You have a strange definition of good. Did nobody buy you an iPad last year?

Your reading comprehension is pretty poor. No...you don't "have to buy people unnecessary overpriced toys to be considered a good person." But you do have to avoid judging what poor children ask for for Christmas, especially with the contempt I see here. It's disgusting.

So stop judging people for the ways in which they can help. If they can't afford to spend $500 to fulfill a wish, then they shouldn't be judged for that. It's gross to be calling people names and shitting on them when they are trying to help.

DP: No one is doing that. Some of us — me included— are judging people who are judging children for responding truthfully when asked what they want for Christmas.

Some of us — me included— are also judging people who don’t seem to be genuinely trying to help. If you want to ship cheap clothing overseas to kids, that’s great. Such generosity really doesn’t need to be accompanied by posts in threads like this about what some kids in the US might wish for. It’s easy enough to pick kids with less expensive wishes, or donate to Toys for Tots, or purchase coats from the Macy’s sale for a day care or school program.

How does this thinking address the OPs question. Why was this wanted gift activated so many months later?

OP asked their question in 2017

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You know how people sometimes come across something and say "This restores my faith in humanity"? Well this thread did the opposite.

You PPs who clearly want to keep poor children in some kind of a place by begrudging them nice gifts -- that you didn't have to volunteer to buy -- are not good people.

You have to buy people unnecessary overpriced toys to be considered a good person? You have a strange definition of good. Did nobody buy you an iPad last year?

Your reading comprehension is pretty poor. No...you don't "have to buy people unnecessary overpriced toys to be considered a good person." But you do have to avoid judging what poor children ask for for Christmas, especially with the contempt I see here. It's disgusting.

So stop judging people for the ways in which they can help. If they can't afford to spend $500 to fulfill a wish, then they shouldn't be judged for that. It's gross to be calling people names and shitting on them when they are trying to help.

DP: No one is doing that. Some of us — me included— are judging people who are judging children for responding truthfully when asked what they want for Christmas.

Some of us — me included— are also judging people who don’t seem to be genuinely trying to help. If you want to ship cheap clothing overseas to kids, that’s great. Such generosity really doesn’t need to be accompanied by posts in threads like this about what some kids in the US might wish for. It’s easy enough to pick kids with less expensive wishes, or donate to Toys for Tots, or purchase coats from the Macy’s sale for a day care or school program.

How does this thinking address the OPs question. Why was this wanted gift activated so many months later?

OP asked their question in 2017

But the question is still valid. What is going on with the gifts?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not everyone has Amazon.

Then why would they want a Kindle?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not everyone has Amazon.

Then why would they want a Kindle?

I use mine to read library books thru apps available on Kindle.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You know how people sometimes come across something and say "This restores my faith in humanity"? Well this thread did the opposite.

You PPs who clearly want to keep poor children in some kind of a place by begrudging them nice gifts -- that you didn't have to volunteer to buy -- are not good people.

You have to buy people unnecessary overpriced toys to be considered a good person? You have a strange definition of good. Did nobody buy you an iPad last year?

Your reading comprehension is pretty poor. No...you don't "have to buy people unnecessary overpriced toys to be considered a good person." But you do have to avoid judging what poor children ask for for Christmas, especially with the contempt I see here. It's disgusting.

So stop judging people for the ways in which they can help. If they can't afford to spend $500 to fulfill a wish, then they shouldn't be judged for that. It's gross to be calling people names and shitting on them when they are trying to help.

DP: No one is doing that. Some of us — me included— are judging people who are judging children for responding truthfully when asked what they want for Christmas.

Some of us — me included— are also judging people who don’t seem to be genuinely trying to help. If you want to ship cheap clothing overseas to kids, that’s great. Such generosity really doesn’t need to be accompanied by posts in threads like this about what some kids in the US might wish for. It’s easy enough to pick kids with less expensive wishes, or donate to Toys for Tots, or purchase coats from the Macy’s sale for a day care or school program.

How does this thinking address the OPs question. Why was this wanted gift activated so many months later?

I can think of multiple reasons— including initially using the wanted gift for things that didn’t require activation. It’s been pointed out that resources available through many public libraries are available using kindle and other tablets.

Another is not having access to Wi-Fi initially — but arranging to get access several months later.

Or... it was sold and never used by the intended recipient. Why not just go for the most obvious explanation instead of twisting yourself in a pretzel to come up with convoluted explanations?