Wendy Williams discusses the Christmas Present Controversy:
“When is Christmas Giving Excessive? What is Enough?”
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We raised our daughters to ask for 3 things from Santa. They received gifts from grandparents, etc. Also, it was our family tradition for us to select children from the Salvation Army Angel Tree to provide Christmas toys, clothes and books. It has paid off. Our daughters are giving adults and know the meaning of sharing and still go to Angel Tree each year.
Christmas is too much when it becomes about the gifts only and not about family. Gifts are great as long as they are part of an overall feeling of family!
Christmas giving is excessive when one goes out and blow his/her budget to please everyone. It is enough to make homemade gifts.
When you spend more then you have and can’t pay bills.
What should be a happy time with loved ones turns into competition and overspending. Not worth it:) Just enjoy spending time with those you love!
We get the kids in the family gifts (though they both get too much, more than they can play with), for the adults we do a secret santa exchange. The money we would have spent on christmas gifts for the adults we donate to a local charity or person in need.
I think that it becomes obsessive when people start fighting over gifts or trampling people at the store.
I think the appropriate amount of gifts depends on the giver and recipient. Is it a spoiled child given plenty? An adult that is the same? Is it someone to constantly gives to others and puts themselves last? Some people get less, some people get more. I wouldn’t say a certain amount is too much or too little. I think it’s best to not expect anything and be thankful for anything.
That is ridiculous! Nobody needs that many presents! I think it’s better to give a few nice items that they can afford to give that someone would really enjoy, IMO. (also, I agree with Denise M. about not knowing the full story, that maybe the person posting the photo also makes big donations to charities but doesn’t mention doing so).
Christmas is about giving.to some it is piles of presets.to others it is about doing good deeds.
helping the less fortunate.It’s too much when any of this becomes a chore and not a joy
Who can afford that many gifts . Not me. Besides I think that is going over board and spoils a preson. How about maybe each person take some of their gifts and give them to people in need or dont have anyone at Christmas. That would make everyone feel much better by sharing their gifts.
I love Wendy Williams! That Christmas tree made me nauseous.. especially when we have kids that are going hungry in this country and may not even get a present at all. If I could afford that many gifts.. I would take at least half of those wrapped gifts and bring my kids to a children’s hospital or somewhere where they are really needed. I don’t know what is in them.. but how much does a kid really need? And why the need to show it off on social media? There are people who are just scraping by and they see something like that. It’s her right to spoil her kids rotten.. but she should really keep it to herself.
“When is Christmas Giving Excessive? What is Enough?” (
when your credit card gets cut up,and enough is right before you go in debt
Christmas giving is excessive when one goes in to debt and enough is when the hearts of the giver and receiver are full!
I think getting excessive is when people overspend and have to pay for christmas the whole year. We keep out christmas low key and focus more on being with family and friends.
I agree with you think she hates that it’s posted forever. We had enough for our kids like one gift they said was wanted and other things we found useful but nothing overt the top. My step son wanted a car to work on at 14 but he had to buy that himself.
I like to give a fair amount of gifts-I try to make sure the recipients can use what I am giving-sometimes the gift of oneself is a great gift!
It can be excessive! You should ask of the child will benefit from the gift and there should be a budget limit. At the same token, if a person has a lot of money and wants to make their child happy, they should be able to.
I do think there is such a thing as excessive, but I also know that I LOVE to give gifts (tis better to give than to receive after all), so I definitely understand how good it feels to be able to give that many gifts. But then what are we teaching our children? When I see this picture, I think about a scene from the first Harry Potter movie when it is Dudley’s birthday and he counts only 36 presents but the year before he had 37. I know there are people that do count their presents and they value quantity over quality. I had previously heard about the story, and the mum is a frugal shopper and saves year-round and was able to find some amazing deals (and also the presents are for the entire family, not just the kids), so it is really hard to make a blanket judgement about ONE picture that was shared around the Internet WITHOUT her permission.
Christmas giving is excessive when other necessities like food and normal bills are disregarded and credit card debt is racked up to give.