BankOnCroc

[skawinski]

Every year I see this Christmas shopping craze with people spending hundreds and thousands of [insert currency] each to come in possession of more items, for gifts or personal benefit. And that's fine, I do that as well, but every time I do that I at least try to figure out whether it's something I need/the other recipent needs or wants

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[skawinski]

Same here, thinking about it on a deeper level I also feel some sort of guilt. What I've achieved is not just my own work but also other people's help and some generous dose of luck - there's lots of people who are short on those last two, and to go beyond looking solely after your own personal needs and showing concern for others is something extremely commendable.

I often find that people forget that you don't need that one "special day" in a year to show people you love them. Any other day is good for that, and doesn't require wrecking your credit score in order to make those excessive purchases. I don't like it how Christmas has turned into an "all you can buy" fest, starting as early as October, where this is taken to the extreme. Sure, it's good for business but it shouldn't be the main point.

I want to think I can do something more than that but to just come to that sort of realization takes some time, let alone to act upon it. But then again it's hard to ignore when we have people in full-time jobs lining up to the local food bank. That's just not normal.

So maybe when I come visit next time we could go buy a few things and drop them off at St. Cathrines? No doubt that would make a number of people very happy indeed regardless of the season we're in.