Comments on: Sold My Kidney to Pay for Christmas

By: juliet

juliet — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 07:07:39 +0000

I personally would love to sell my kidney. Everywhere I have looked, I have found problems. How did you do it? I have numerous financial problems and could really use some relief.please help me 8108412004

By: shawn

shawn — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:37 +0000

I personally would love to sell my kidney. Everywhere I have looked, I have found problems. How did you do it? I have numerous financial problems and could really use some relief.

By: Daddy Forever

Daddy Forever — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 18:43:03 +0000

I was at a party last night and my friend told me their kids got so many presents that they got bored and didn’t even bother to open all of their presents. My kids are spoiled, but not that spoiled.

By: viamarie

viamarie — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 09:09:17 +0000

This gives me a an idea for next Christmas. My grandson didn’t know what to do with all the gifts he got.

Hope your new year celebration was a great one. Wish you and the family the best in 2007.

By: kelley

kelley — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 07:38:31 +0000

Well, that’s lovely and all, but we spent our Christmas at a soup kitchen. But your idea is nice and everything.

Er, I mean, our hearts were with the less fortunate, but our actual physical bodies were in a nice, warm home, eating cinnamon rolls. And opening TWO iPods (your Christmas wish for me worked – twice! You’re magic!)

Anyway, I know exactly what you mean. I grew-up with much less than my (future) kids will grow-up with, and I don’t want them to take it for granted, either. It sounds like you’re doing a great job of instilling your children with a sense of conscientiousness, and yet letting them enjoy themselves and have fun! You’re an awesome father, Daddy Forever. :)

By: jaspitz

jaspitz — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 07:03:55 +0000

Hi there,Daddy Forever! I see that you have a young family. Cute kids. My master has 3 grown-up boys, one of whom is already married. I did not see them grow up as I moved into their household just a couple of years ago. But I hear him and the wife complain about how challenging child rearing has become today. I guess no parent wants to raise spoiled kids. However, in this day and age, there are simply too many factors beyond a parent’s control that can derail his or her good intentions (ex: peer groups, drugs, etc.). The good news is that at your kids’ age, these are not yet your concerns. So, enjoy them for now. Hard to tell later…

By: Leslie

Leslie — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 06:35:41 +0000

We open a present on Christmas Eve at our house, but it’s usually new pajamas to sleep in that night rather than a toy.

Last Christmas, we went a little over the top for Julia – she had more gifts than she cared to open. This year, we thought we’d scale back and we did a decent job. It’s so easy to go overboard for your kids, though. We’re not rich by any means, but Julia has had much more at Christmas than I ever did. I grew up very poor and knew it. I’m glad we can give her many of the things she wants, but I hear ya on not wanting to raise a spoiled brat. I think it helps if kids get to be on the gift-giving end of things, too.

By: peepnroosmom

peepnroosmom — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 19:50:40 +0000

I hope they have fun with all of their new stuff. Cool laptops.
I know what you mean about scaling back for Christmas. Peep got a super expensive skateboard and he has decided to hang it on his wall. What! He’s not even going to skate on it? And Roo was sad I threw away the boxes the toys came in.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 18:49:29 +0000

We were glad that “Santa” didn’t go too crazy with gifts at our place … as we are still at an age when the sparkly ribbons are the most interesting gifts of all! :) I am sure things will change as time goes by.

By: simcooks

simcooks — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 17:00:37 +0000

I watched in Supernanny that you let the kids choose like 10 of their favorite toys and keep the rest, only to bring them out later in the year.

Becos you rotate the older ones with the newer ones throughout the year, it seems that they always have “new” things to play. This makes sense theoretically… I don’t have the practical experience yet!

By: 1girl2boys

1girl2boys — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 15:35:45 +0000

Good luck with that next year. I tried to do that this year but it didn’t work so well. And why is it their favorite toys are the little cheap ones you just randomly bought? Not the ones you went all out for.

By: Desert Songbird

Desert Songbird — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 13:21:53 +0000

We also open one gift on Christmas Eve. We always did that in my family, and I assumed it was a Dutch tradition. My husband’s family never did that, but he likes that we do. This year we opened our stockings for Christmas Eve.

We pulled the plug on lots of gifts as well, but now the gifts come with higher price tags, so we spent about the same amount, which really wasn’t as much as some people. We’re one of the few of our friends who still buy for each other, so that’s still fun!

By: tiggerprr

tiggerprr — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 08:32:43 +0000

We keep saying we’re going to scale back, and finally this year, we did it. (I forced the issue, it was out of hand!) As for the Christmas Eve opening of one gift, that’s a standard tradition for us!

Hmmmm…in all my years, I never thought to wrap individual toy pieces as mutiple gifts! That’s genius! LOL