• A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world
    142·
    7 days ago

    This is why I believed in Santa till I was like 10. One year, my sister and I got a couple big presents, but I knew my folks were in a bad financial spot. “There’s no way Mom and Dad could afford this, it must’ve been Santa!”

    Turns out it was just more debt :(

  • JayJLeas@lemmy.world
    16·
    6 days ago

    “It’s the hope that’s important. Big part of belief, hope. Give people jam today and they’ll just sit and eat it. Jam tomorrow, now – that’ll keep them going forever.”

    AND YOU MEAN THAT BECAUSE OF THIS THE POOR GET POOR THINGS AND THE RICH GET RICH THINGS?

    “’s right,” said Albert. “That’s the meaning of Hogswatch.”

    Death nearly wailed.

    BUT I’M THE HOGFATHER! He looked embarrassed. AT THE MOMENT, I MEAN.

    “Makes no difference,” said Albert, shrugging.

    • Hogfather, Sir Terry Pratchett (GNU)
  • Remotedeck@discuss.tchncs.de
    14·
    7 days ago

    Yeah Santa is very classist, he believes giving to the poor will create a dependence on welfare and drug checks the poor kids before giving them even cheap things

  • RandomVideos@programming.dev
    10·
    6 days ago

    Every year, Santa gets gifts for every good child

    The parents can bribe Santa to redirect a gift that would normally go to someone else to them

  • peopleproblems@lemmy.world
    51·
    7 days ago

    I think it’s far more than that though. I think a lot of parents would agree with me that Christmas morning and birthdays are probably the most exciting time of the year.

    Debt is debt. It is nothing compared to the joy your child gets. That joy you see in your kid is worth more than most could ever earn anyway.

    And I’ve seen the poorest families happily dip into that debt. They know it doesn’t make things easier.

    • TheDoozer@lemmy.world
      3·
      7 days ago

      And honestly, that present two days a year is a drop in the bucket of debt if you’re already dealing with debt.

      I’m not saying putting yourself in $3k of credit card debt to take your kids to Disneyland is totally worth it, but if you’re several thousand in debt and scraping, that ~$100 present twice a year won’t be the thing that breaks you, and is worth cutting costs elsewhere on a regular basis.

    • trolololol@lemmy.world
      1·
      5 days ago

      You’re saying happiness and expensive gifts need to go together… Dude you can make your kids happy by doing things with them you know??

    • slackassassin
      1·
      6 days ago

      That and a gift doesn’t have to be expensive. It doesn’t even have to be bought.

      • trolololol@lemmy.world
        2·
        5 days ago

        Yeah, everyone here saying that they’re basically buying happiness is making me go crazy

        So materialistic

        If I ask my son in January what did he get for Christmas he’ll have to think hard