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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem I have with the braggers who claim to be in the 1% but can’t justify a $200 gift for a child is they don’t have any reason except their children only get cheap useless gifts so why should a child born into poverty have the right to ask Santa for an expensive toy?

It has zero effect on your budget.  It has zero effect on your net worth.   It takes very little effort to get one online.

But no, you can’t imagine doing something as kind as that.  Children learn from what they see their parents do.  What will your children think?  Would they be mad because the present is nicer than what you got them?  Or that you are a very nice decent person for helping out a little girl who might be living in a group home but Christmas Day will be better thanks to you and your family.

Or will you buy a couple of trinkets and disgust your children as soon as they are old enough to understand what you did? [/quote]

Wow. Things may be unappealing to someone but this doesn’t make them a non decent person. So, as an example, I wouldn’t buy an extravagant Angel Tree request though I can afford it, but do donate to things like:

Cancer research 
Services for those undergoing treatments
Education related donations
Shelters
Etc

And then I spend a massive amount of time volunteering. In your eyes, I’m not decent because I won’t buy an expensive gift. Yeah, I can definitely, somehow, someway manage with your views. [/quote]

You’re not all that great a person if you took the request and won’t honor it.  There’s a lot wrong with that.   Don’t take Christmas requests from children anymore but finish what you started.  Fulfill the one you got.   Don’t cheap out on it.    [/quote]

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