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   somebodyshort said, 6 months ago

   Don’t have to go to the mall for that one.
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   Zero-Gabriel said, 6 months ago

   Now that I think about it… didn’t Jolly “Saint Nicholas” use to give away money on Christmas…??
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   Thirdguy said, 6 months ago

   They should give Holly her wish, with a choice. Along with it comes the "Freedom to live without the oppression of living in a warm house, with all her needs taken care of, (food, clothing, etc.)
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   Monkeyhead said, 6 months ago

   @Thirdguy

   I see a rent agreement in Holly’s future if she really wants “freedom”.
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   IndyMan said, 6 months ago

   In the last panel, ‘Val’ sounds like my oldest daughter when something is being discussed that she doesn’t want to discuss—‘MOVIN’ ON’!!!!
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   PhoebeDog said, 6 months ago

   I’m sorry, but for once I have to agree with the kids. While I don’t think that everyone should spend hundreds of dollars on Christmas gifts (and far too many people go overboard), limiting children to one gift under $50 seems Scroogelike—especially since I’m sure Val and her sister weren’t similarly limited when they were younger. My parents were far from wealthy, but if we got one big gift (like a dollhouse or a bike) we still got some smaller gifts so we had more than one thing to open.
   To play devil’s advocate, though, we DID only get gifts at Christmas—it seems kids today get new stuff every other week. But it doesn’t seem that way in this strip, so I’m still having trouble with the edict.
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   somebodyshort said, 6 months ago

   @PhoebeDog

   I agree with you
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   Dampwaffle said, 6 months ago

   I bet parents who do the limit the presents thing don’t limit the amount of beer they guzzle, drinks they swill or cigarettes they smoke. It’s just a case of the “ME” generation growing up and not wanting to leave their “ME” space…
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   Dani Rice said, 6 months ago

   I also agree with Phoebe. One large gift and a few smaller ones, and then a stocking, with crayons, etc. My girls were very young (4 & 6, maybe) when my first husband died and we had to move in with my parents. They gave each of the girls a dollar’s worth of pennies, wrapped in about six or seven boxes, a few pennies in each box. They still talk about how much fun it was – and they are over 40.
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    whmIII said, 6 months ago

    @Thirdguy

    She probably never thought of that…
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    lightenup said, 6 months ago

    I agree with Phoebe as well. It’s possible to celebrate Christmas with more than one gift without going overboard.
    
    @Dampwaffle – How do you go from giving presents to drinking beer and smoking cigarettes?? That was quite a leap of logic.
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    Elsie Ross said, 6 months ago

    I just find it harder and harder to think of gifts for my 8 grandsons who are all teens and older. So money is good with a small gift.
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    Kab Buch said, 6 months ago

    In ways I agree with the mom on gift giving limited but for children bad carma. The sisters and mom could limit to one for themselves.
    My family is grown and we meet with sister/husband, our mom, and now sister/husband mom. We draw names with smaller cash limit. Gift card work wonders.
    For Dampwaffle I get what he gets at. Parents who claim not much money spend on unneccesary smoking and beer.
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    segullah said, 6 months ago

    I’m agreeing with the one larger (any definition of ‘larger’) and numerous smaller ones. It is just fun to unwrap something to see what is inside, that it is for us is a bonus.
    I love the pennies wrapped separately…what fun!

    My eldest son received a rock from a friend for his birthday because that is all the kid had to give (widow’s mite). That rock moved with us because it was the best gift he said. I’m sure it is still in his stuff…he’s 32yrs. old. It wasn’t painted or anything, just a rock off the ground. When he didn’t show up my son asked me to call him and the boy said he didn’t have a gift and I told him that my son wanted HIM at his party not the gift so I drove over and picked him up. He had wrapped the rock in a scrap of paper, it might not’ve been gift wrap either. None of the kids at the party scoffed at it. Talk about a beautiful moment for a bunch of 8-9 year old boys.
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    comicsssfan said, 6 months ago

    I for one think this is terrific idea! There has to be limits on all of this senseless consumerism and it will have to start with the parents. Just because everyone is insane and buying everything in sight doesn’t mean it’s a good idea. What kids really need is love, along with food, shelter and an education. And you can see Holly is already adapting. She didn’t even have an idea for a present.
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