I don't know what I have to do to persuade my children that when we say we don't want them to spend any money on presents for us, we mean it. Ideally I would like to arrive at a situation where we only buy presents for our young grandson and give a decent amount of readies to our two teenage step grandsons who are both impecunious students! The problem is, DH loves Christmas and gets a big kick out of spoiling everybody, and so the children feel they have to do the same, even when asked not to. I'm sure they all have better things to spend their money on. This whole orgy of spending is one of the things about Christmas that I find quite depressing.
Good Morning Saturday 20th April 2024