Comments on: Try and tackle Tuesday – the slimline version

By: pink computers

pink computers — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:32:30 +0000

Great quality stuff.

By: Mary-LUE

Mary-LUE — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:00:12 +0000

I ordered the book on Monday!!!

By: Tanya @ TeenAutism

Tanya @ TeenAutism — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 06:32:46 +0000

I also adopted the 3-gifts-and-a-stocking approach a few years ago. The kids are (I hope) less materialistic as a result, and I am less-in-debt!

By: Heffalump

Heffalump — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 05:05:37 +0000

We have scaled back a lot for Christmas in past years, and continue to do so. For instance, we also noticed that the kids got tons of toys and didn’t really play with them. Our house was a huge mess and I felt like the money I spent had been wasted.
Now we do something like, a gift from Santa, a set of PJs on Christmas Eve, and a gift from us (usually something they will actually use more than once like a DVD or computer game) and then their stocking. We also get one large family gift that is for everyone. One year it was a keyboard (electric piano kind, not the computer kind)…this year it might or might not be a wii fit…

By: Jocelyn

Jocelyn — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:29:25 +0000

Oh, you are speaking to me. I hate Christmas. I hate anything that exhausts me. We do it up a bit for the kids, but mostly Christmas makes me count down ’til they’re in college and don’t want to come home so my husband and I can hop a train to somewhere.

We do one gift from Santa and one from Mom and Dad, but by the time you factor in all the other gifts from all the other family members, it still gets crazy.

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:47:51 +0000

Ah the joy of Christmas consumerism! I’ve always felt lucky that our son never seemed to get that crazy “more, more, more” need on holidays. Maybe it’s the autism, maybe not but I’m going to relish it as long as it lasts! But when he finally does get bitten by the material bug I’ll be sure to implement a limit. Great post!

By: Almost American

Almost American — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:40:16 +0000

We do one gift and the stocking from Santa , Anything else is from Mommy & Daddy or other relatives.

This year both kids have requested that Grandma England buy them M&S underwear!

Oh, and any major holiday in our house would not be a celebration with me doing the cooking – DH does it all! My role is limited to setting the table and loading the dishwasher! (And checking that the wine is OK!)

By: Trish @ Another Piece of the Puzzle

Trish @ Another Piece of the Puzzle — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:03:05 +0000

Love this – and love the poem from Joy Mama!

My family sends money, so I usually get to buy a couple of extra things but count them as from Grandma.

By: Linda

Linda — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:34:32 +0000

I decided a few years ago that Christmas had gotten totally out of hand and the commercialization was just taking away from the overall joy of the holiday. I think a limit to the amount of gifts is a fantastic idea and 3 plus a stocking sounds perfect. I’m sure the retailers wouldn’t like that idea at all but tough luck – the success of Christmas should not be based on retail sales totals.

As for having a significant other to help out during the season … ah, I only wish!

By: Joeymom

Joeymom — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:07:56 +0000

We do six gifts and a stocking, and let the family do the rest. We end up snowed in, anyway, but then we put a lot of the stuff away and bring it out slowly through the year (or recycle to birthday…) This year, my mom bought a bunch of stuff over the summer at sales- so we’re not actually buying anything at all. Weird.

We also get out sleeping bags and encourage the kids to sleep under the tree on Christmas Eve. They get to have the excitement, and with my pair, they eventually get uncomfy on the floor and retreat to their beds.