[max americana]

Yup. Kid will grow up expecting 20 gifts every year, then we’ll have a future Dummycrat who will have the “this is it?” mentality..

[dp0622]

I remember for maybe my 10th birthday, maybe younger, I asked for a drum set.

I was SO EXCITED to run downstairs on Christmas Eve and there it was!!!!!....

A snare drum.

Cause we were lower middle class.

And I was crushed. Should have been thankful. But the rest of the neighborhood wasn’t as lower income as us so I wanted as much as they got.

Got a paper route by 11 and got my own drum set.

Used Ludwigs :)

[SamAdams76]

Yeah, I'm with you. Not a fan of "piles of gifts" for young children. Always putting parents under the pressure of topping the year before.

My children only got one birthday gift a year from us and maybe a trip to Chuck E Cheese or Applebees. On Christmas they might get several but usually just one major one and a few "stocking stuffer" type gifts.

Money was never an issue with us but just didn't believe in showering children with excessive amount of gifts. Just seems something overly decadent about it.