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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Always surprising to see X-box, leather jacket, that kind of thing, on these trees. I know: "So don't pick that tag and don't buy that thing." However, the chutpah involved, especially in this economic environment, always gives me pause. [/quote]

What do you think would be a more appropriate Christmas gift? Gloves? A scarf and hat? A can of Comet? Please enlighten us.[/quote]

If you are poor and need charity, it is not appropriate to ask for big ticket items. Matter of a fact, it is not appropriate to ask for expensive gift to anyone besides your SO or your parents when you are a kid/teen.

So, if I were a poor person in need of charity and needed a winter coat, I would not ask for a "leather jacket," I would ask for a "x winter jacket" (x being the color of my preference). If I needed shoes, I would ask for a pair of boots, or sneakers or whatever - but I wouldn't ask for "fryer boots." I would never have the balls to ask for a tv or xbox or whatever, unless I specify a "used tv or xbox."

Don't be obtuse pp.[/quote]
These are kids pp -- how dare kids who have no stream of income, no jobs, and no idea of economics(BECAUSE THEY ARE KIDS!!) have the nerve to ask for stuff they see on TV or in the hands of other kids. 
If you do not want to give it, don't. GIVE A 6 YR OLD A GIANT GIFT CARD ![/quote]

When my sister was really struggling her husband went out and bought their DD an American Doll.  That's all she got but I couldn't believe they got a $100 doll when just a couple months prior they were complaining about the cost of school supplies.  When I asked she said that all of the other girls had them and she was actually being left out at recess because of it.

We were raised poor and I remember wanting, and not getting, a Cabbage Patch Kid because we couldn't afford one.  I never liked or wanted dolls before but everyone had one and I was being left out.  So I get it.  All their friends have those things and they want to be included in the discussions and games.
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