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[quote=Anonymous]If you have supportive family and/or friends you might ask them to chip in on the one fancy electronic thing the orders most want. To me the 8 year old is the trickiest because they might still believe in Santa?

I know a lot of families that practice an intentionally less materialistic Christmas. They buy
Something you want
Something you need
Something to wear and
Something to read

Buy Nothing is a great resource, and people will be jettisoning fake trees for newer ones. Spend time with them. Being present, engaged, and loving is the most important thing. Those memories of time spent together really are the things that will stick with them the most.

We had a financially scary Christmas when I was 14. My mother bought tons of cheap things so we would have the usual number of packages. I would much rather have had a couple of nice things than the bunch of junk. My parents also did a lot of lamenting about all the things we weren’t doing and wouldn’t get. Don’t do that! Model excitement about the free activities you’re going to and all the things you’ll do together. It’s ok to let them know some of the $ details but don’t scare them and don’t dwell on it. I can still feel the anxiety they emanated all those years ago. My parents had good intentions but fumbled.

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