• CraigeryTheKid@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    As someone with kids, I still feel like I “hate Christmas”. Not only all the waste, especially packaging, but the “obligation” to buy all your nieces/nephews toys - which has turned into just buying things off their wishlists that the parents picked.

    so… why don’t i just buy for my kids, and you yours, and we’ll see you for dinner?

    but then yes - all the waste! Having to “pick something”, and then of course grandma buys the most random, lowest quality stuff I have ever seen. I don’t even know how she finds them.

    • RecallMadness@lemmy.nz
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      9 months ago

      And one of my kids Birthday is just a few weeks before, and the other a few weeks after.

      The house just explodes with crap between November and January.

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        9 months ago

        My daughter is in early Jan… this year literally made us call our mortgage broker and start looking for a bigger house.

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    9 months ago

    Parents won’t stop buying presents for their grandkids. I’ve asked and tried. They’re too used to the consumerism of the era - have to buy things to show their love.

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    9 months ago

    The packaging for the toys is probably 26% of the waste! I despise plastic and the insane amount of useless junk my kids get for Christmas.

  • charlytune@mander.xyz
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    9 months ago

    For Christmas and her birthday my niece gets a craft box subscription, and a day out with Aunty Charlytune. She gets so many presents from family, friends of family, and friends, it’s ridiculous. This Xmas I did get her a little handmade witches chest off Etsy that was filled with little potion bottles and trinkets, it was less than £15 though and I think she’ll make a really good witch so really it’s a practical gift.

  • Glitch@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    9 months ago

    This year 100% of the gifts were purchased from Facebook Marketplace, including a full lot from a collector that was divided out as an Advent Calendar of actually cool usable stuff. Way cheaper, way more appreciated, helped some people in the community get a few bucks back without creating more waste