Is it because I'm getting old? Is it because I know money is very tight this year? Or is it because I'm feeling a little blue? Whatever the cause, I know a few people will not agree with me here.
Site of the day is the Xmas Resistance website.
Between us, Sharon and I have 6 brothers & sisters, 9 nieces and nephews, 5 parents/step-parents, 2 grand-parents and a shit-load of aunties, uncles and cousins. We just can't afford to buy presents for all of them, especially this year. And yet, if we don't then we are made to feel cheap.
My family have all said to us that they don't expect anything as they understand the position that we are in, so that is some relief. But still, the expense of buying presents just for our kids is something that takes the shine off Christmas for me.
