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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think that is excessive. For a teenager, that's a coat, a pair of shoes, a small gift card, maybe a sweatshirt or socks/underwear and you are in the $100-150 range.[/quote]

No, it’s not super excessive for one person.  But if a family has 4-6 people, that’s could be up to $900 total for the family.  Maybe that is small change to you, but not to me.

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I don't even spend that much on my kids.  Maybe half that.  Never heard of clearance sales??  I make 75K per year so no, no hundreds per kids. [/quote]

Please. Your kids already have coats, shoes, hats, the basics. Of course you don't spend $X on them. They literally don't need anything for the holidays. You have to rack your brain to make lists. You have to put mental energy into thinking up things you can ask 6 relatives who will also call and ask for what they want/need.

A kid in NEED, yeah. Just to get them outfitted with a few basics that they NEED, that's at least $100 per kid right there.

If you people get sticker shock over spending, say, $500 on a family in need who doesn't have the basics, that's fine. Go find other ways to give. But let's not act like it is unreasonable to spend a few hundred dollars on a family of four who needs coats, groceries, shoes, jeans, BASICS.

We do house of Ruth as a group of co-workers. I can't afford $500 on my own. So I team up and contribute to a group effort. That's kind of...the way it is done. If you don't want to do that, that's fine, but don't act like it's absurd to spend a few hundred on a FAMILY who doesn't have the basics.[/quote]

I don' know where you are shopping but for $100 I can get a kid a lot.  I don't spend more than $15 or so on a coat.  I buy ahead on clearance and mine usually wear them at least 2 years.  [/quote]

You are going to buy ahead on clearance for your angel tree kid? [/quote]

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