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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

You easily could buy a bunch of outfits in one size and pick a child accordingly.  [/quote]

Interesting spirit of giving, with no thought for what the child likes or dislikes, just whatever crap in the right size you found at Walmart.[/quote]
How would you know what the angel tree kid likes? They don't usually give super detailed lists, just sizes and general items. They don't tell you that Jimmy hates plaid or Tina only likes green and blue. 
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