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Many parents are now buying there kids these expensive gifts like: new bikes, game systems, iPODs, etc.
Am I just old?? I was lucky to get a stuffed bunny in my candy filled basket.
What are your thoughts?
Answer
Well thank heavens it isn't only me! I noticed that too and now somewhat participate in it because I feel, to an extent, that I have to! No really big ticket items until xmas or preferably birthday but I've added books, action figures, and this year a video game.
When I was a kid, the prepared baskets in stores had some candy and maybe one or two stuffed animals or a yo yo or stickers. Now, go to the store and what do you see? They are all giant baskets stuffed with sports equipment, cars/trucks/planes, giant art sets, etc.
It's the increase in consumerism and the desensitivity to stimulation. If I got one stereo and nothing else for xmas, I was through the roof with excitement. Now, if a kid gets one stereo for xmas, the attitude is "that's it?"
If gifts are from parents, then they can be explained away by the family budget or family values. But Santa, the Easter Bunny, and the tooth fairy are supposed to be equal with limitless resources and therefore parents must do what others are doing. If Santa gives the neighbor a bike and you got a shirt/if the Easter bunny gives your classmate a Nintendo DS and you got a chocolate bunny/if the tooth fairy gives your cousin 10 dollars and you got a quarter....how would a parent explain that?
Well thank heavens it isn't only me! I noticed that too and now somewhat participate in it because I feel, to an extent, that I have to! No really big ticket items until xmas or preferably birthday but I've added books, action figures, and this year a video game.
When I was a kid, the prepared baskets in stores had some candy and maybe one or two stuffed animals or a yo yo or stickers. Now, go to the store and what do you see? They are all giant baskets stuffed with sports equipment, cars/trucks/planes, giant art sets, etc.
It's the increase in consumerism and the desensitivity to stimulation. If I got one stereo and nothing else for xmas, I was through the roof with excitement. Now, if a kid gets one stereo for xmas, the attitude is "that's it?"
If gifts are from parents, then they can be explained away by the family budget or family values. But Santa, the Easter Bunny, and the tooth fairy are supposed to be equal with limitless resources and therefore parents must do what others are doing. If Santa gives the neighbor a bike and you got a shirt/if the Easter bunny gives your classmate a Nintendo DS and you got a chocolate bunny/if the tooth fairy gives your cousin 10 dollars and you got a quarter....how would a parent explain that?
When did Easter gifts become so much more than candy in a basket?
misbotta
Many parents are now buying there kids these expensive gifts like: new bikes, game systems, iPODs, etc.
Am I just old?? I was lucky to get a stuffed bunny in my candy filled basket.
What are your thoughts?
Answer
I SO agree!! This is getting ridiculous! What happened to an easter egg hunt, a chocolate bunny and some freakin jelly beans? Oh ya--and the dress to go to Easter service?
I SO agree!! This is getting ridiculous! What happened to an easter egg hunt, a chocolate bunny and some freakin jelly beans? Oh ya--and the dress to go to Easter service?
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