Christmas time

I actually disagree. I don't have a lot of money at all, but I'm looking forward to this Christmas season. I see what you mean though. It's really fun to put up a lot of decorations, and buy family really nice gifts. But having less money this year has just inspired me to be more creative. I've even used rewards I earned online to get free family Christmas gifts I otherwise would never be able to afford. I got my dad 3 DVDs, and I know he'll enjoy that. I put in a packet of hot chocolate so he and my mom could have a date night this winter and enjoy the movies while cuddling with cocoa. LOL I'm just determined to make it a good one. And I hope you have a good one as well!

I don't agree with needing lots of money to have a great Christmas either. I think that Christmas and happiness is what you make of it. If you focus solely on the need to have expensive things than you are not going to have a good Christmas. If you focus on the things that really matter, like spending time with family and friends than your Christmas will be better. Gifts don't have to be costly, sometimes the best gifts are the handmade ones. Dinner parties can be potluck to decrease the cost. Decorations can be made or bought cheaply. I think alot of people get carried away with the cost of Christmas and not the love of Christmas. I hope you have a great holiday season.

I have to disagree with you on this one. Christmas isn't about getting or giving lots of presents. One year my family didn't have a ton of money, so we all picked a name and made a homemade gift for that person. I think that those gifts meant more to us than anything we could have bought. I think that Christmas is about celebrating and bringing family together. As long as I have my family around for Christmas, that is all I could ask for.

Soleya, I know you are playing with us here! I know without looking that mylot members will disagree with this. But as the rules say to look, I did. I was right! No, I really don't think it is at all necessary to have a lot of presents to be happy. If someone needs medical attention they cannot afford, that is a reason to be sad, but going without presents, decorating, rich food and the like never hurt anybody. Probably the kind of people who cannot be happy just knowing they have loved ones who are safe, a warm place to stay, and nobody is starving, will not really be happy in the lab of luxury either. Mature people think even less highly of all these trappings of wealth once they experience a few of them than they did when they were on the outside looking in.

Disagree. You can enjoy things without having money. The only thing that requires money is objects and christmas is not about objects.

Well we will see this year. Usually we don't have much, but we have enough for food and some gifts, but this year, we may not have enough for even that. So I will let you know after the holidays how it went..:)

Christmas is about the birth of Jesus Christ. It's about the greatest gift that was ever given. It has been far too commercialized and we fall into the trap of believing that it's about presents, decorating, dinners etc. I love all of these things, but I know that there is more to Christmas then the wrapping paper. I don't have a lot of money. This year for my parents I am making them a wall hanging that will have their hand prints at the top. Next will be my sister and brother-in-law's handprints and beside it mine and my husband's hand prints. Below will be the handprints of all our children. It will a type of family tree. It won't cost much, but it will be something they can enjoy for years to come.

Weeeehhh! Christmas is my most favorite time of the year. Dunno...I just feel so happy every christmas season. It's really different from any holidays...I'm so excited...ahehehe...

I agree. I want to give my sons, daughter-in=law, and my granddaughter, four separate presents from me, but I do not have enough money to do so without having to put in on a charge card and pay it up before the month is up. I feel I do not have enough to buy something nice for my husband. Even if I gave everyone a gift card, a twenty-five dollar one for each would not cut it. I want to give more than a Cd of their favorite music or a DVD of their favorite movie. Dinners well, my husband makes most of the money, but giving something personal that is not just something cheap that is the problem.

Of course it would be great if we could have enough money to enjoy any kind of festivals all the year round as we would be able to have more fun with enough money. In this sense, I agree with you, dear soleya.

It does help a bit on the stress levels if I knew I had enough money to the presents each year. But I have to say that around here there are many of "santa's helpers" that have in the past found my house without me asking to give my children a better christmas. But honestly I try to make it enjoyable the time spent together that isn't homework and chores and just have fun as a family no matter how many gifts are under the tree.

I disagree! Our best Christmases have been those when we had to give OURSELVES, because money was tight! There are so many books available that show how to make everything you want for little or no money. As for the food, if everyone brings something to the same place, you have a feast! The greatest holidays are the ones that are full of LOVE, not $$$!

Hi, I agree somewhat. You need some money. We only had 150 dollars to spend last year,but this year will be a little different being as I am making some extra cash online dopiing affilliate marketing now. I can't believe how easy it is. And I only got started with 7 dollars. how simple.

Same here soleya, I really love christmas. I do enjoy christmas party, giving gifts and its like another time for a family reunion. I like also christmas decorations, it reminds me how beautiful life is. I like dinner with my family of course. All of us can celebrate christmas even with out money. I experience that before when i was job less, we dont have nothing to share but the love of my family and the love of GOD. That can makes me feel a happy person. Although there is something inside in my heart that longing for a many foods, much money. But i have nothing to do with it. What i want is a good health for my family and more love from each one of us and from GOD. When i got a job, and every christmas i had a christmas presents, a lot of foods, fireworks, beautiful decorations and a lot more. I really happy, i mean aside from my own family we had also a visitors to visit and eat with us. It is really different when we celebrate christmas with and without money. Celebrating without money but with full of love within the family members. But there is painful in the heart because of we never give the best for the family especially with the kids. It hurts a lot. Celebrating with money and love i really assure you that it is a very happy and very unforgettable christmas will happen to us ever. Even you have a little money as long as we can share and celebrate christmas together. And i agree with you soleya there is no great holiday or christmas if we have no money at all. We are just human beings, we are a fairy tale. Money and love can gives us great holiday. :)

I totally disagree! Money is not what makes a good Christmas. What makes a GREAT Christmas is being with family and good friends and sharing time together. Christmas has become such a material thing and I think thats very sad. You should give of yourself to those you care about, time, not money is the more lavish give here.

It depends of what your expectations are... It also depends if you are trying to compete with family members who have more money than you. Rule one... Don't try to compete... Rule two... while you might have a great Christmas... you are going to have a pretty sh.tty February when you get your credit card statement. Christmas is no different than the rest of the year. You need to stay within your budget. Instead of using money to be happy... use your brain and get creative.

I totally disagree! Yes, the parties, dinners, decorating etc is all fun, but you don't have to make millions to do it. I have almost finished my Christmas shopping and did it for under $300, as for decorating, since I have collected decorations through the years there is not a lot of cost there, maybe a few new strands of lights to add to the decorations. We have 2 dinners to attend for my s/o's work, which he pays for the dinners for that, so the only cost there is maybe a new dress. but to enjoy to the fullest, all I need his him and my dog on Christmas morning, and talking to all my family on the phone all day, we live in 3 different states. Maybe you should re-think what the enjoyment of the season really is.

I do not agree. I have two grown daughters, who I raised by myself since they were infants. I was never rich, mostly living pay-check-to-pay-check. But we had great Christmas'. We would decorate the house together. Every year the girls were able to pick a new ornament for the tree. We bought small gifts for them. We would bake cookies Christmas eve. Then read a Christmas book while eating cookies. We would leave afew cookies for Santa then hang their stockings. Christmas day we would spend with family. We would always have a great time. The day is not about how many gifts or how much the gift cost. It is about family, about love, about time spent together. And most important, about remembering the birth of our Lord and Saviour!

No! Money doesn't buy hapiness, and presents and food isn't what Christmas is about. God and family and love for each other is what Christmas is about. The birth of our savior is the reason for the season.

Id like to somewhat disagree. It does suck when you do not have enough income to buy all the gifts for the friends and family that you would like but the season can still be injoyable. I look forward to spending Xmas with my wife and son and will make the best of it no matter what. My wife and son make me happy whether we have money or not.