[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by x-evenstar-x

Seriously? You don't think he could have one christmas with less, christmas is not all about spending loads of money you know.

I'd hate my parents to think like that.

Oh, I do know that. And to be honest, I spent relatively little on my son this year, mainly because he is only young so not into the games consoles etc but my friend told me something when I was pregnant that was so true...parenthood is all about guilt which it is. You feel guilty that they haven't enough, that they don't have what their friends do, that you don't spend enough time with them. Etc etc etc....so Christmas is a huge guilt ridden time and if I had to go into debt, I probably would. Not to the extremes this woman has but it's hard not to get sucked into it especially when these sharks are offering you everything you need. I think a lot of people think..well the advertise on TV so it must be legit and easy to pay back. It's the companies that are at fault, not the people borrowing from them in most cases.