[SkyDancer]

The thing is, IMHO, Christmas is for kids and you don't give clothing which is a cop out for naturally providing your kids with clothing during the year. My grandad said he'd fume when he got underwear and socks and shirts he knew came from Sears or JCP that the other kids in school got the same thing; if there's some special kind of clothing the kid would be hinting at they like, well then okay.

Please don't beat me up over this, mmm, K?

[KarlInOhio]

The thing is, IMHO, Christmas is for kids and you don't give clothing which is a cop out for naturally providing your kids with clothing during the year.

Can you invent a time machine and go back to the 1970s to tell my parents and grandparents that fact of life?

Also, everyone knows that snow pants should be given on Labour Day or Canadian Thanksgiving, if you want to risk it.

[ladyjane]

Christmas is for kids and you don't give clothing which is a cop out for naturally providing your kids with clothing during the year.

So your grandfather would fume when he didn't like his Christmas gifts. That's interesting.

Now you have decided that kids should only get toys and no clothing. That's interesting.

[surrey]

My 11 year old grandson only asked for clothes for Christmas. He’s hooked on a particular brand and that’s what he wanted and what he got. He was a happy camper.

[thingumbob]

Got lots of clothes at Christmas as a kid. Was I happy? No. But the reason was we didn’t have a lot of money to waste on toys.....the money the money was to be spent as a gift it had to go to much needed clothing or we would have been running around naked in school.