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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you can't give with an open heart, don't give.  Just don't give.  [/quote]

This. What is wrong with you people?[/quote]

I haven't read all these posts, but I don't think this issue is quite that simple.  Growing up, my family always adopted an angel tree kid at our church.  The asking for big-ticket items grew in later years and it always made my mom tsk-tsk and move on to someone else.  It was more to do that my parents couldn't afford those types of gifts for their own kids to begin with.  We were a blue-collar, middle-class family attending a blue-collar, middle class church.  We never received gaming systems, etc. and knew not to ask for them.  My mom started a Christmas fund every year that she put a little into every week.  Giving back to the community was always stressed as important, so I think it frustrated her when there were less kids to chose from to help because they asked for things we couldn't afford.  I think she also thought they were in some way taking advantage of the generosity of a community that was in no way rich.  Now I think she mainly selects senior citizens instead.

Anyway, nothing to get too worked up about, just a bit of perspective.

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