xmas you looking forward to it

[low plains drifter 9,467]

An orange, mixed nuts, and a small toy

[mackem 23,823]

22 minutes ago, low plains drifter said:

An orange, mixed nuts, and a small toy

Those were the days 

[j j m 6,481]

the kids would go mad if you gave them that these days

[green lurchers 16,369]

Love it the food the drink the time spent with family   Christians churches baby Jesus santa music Brussels and the end of the eu

Edited December 14, 2018 by green lurchers

[The one 8,397]

10 hours ago, mackem said:

Those were the days 

There would be a lot more respect from a lot of them if thats all they got 

[shaaark 10,137]

On 12/12/2018 at 20:21, j j m said:

id not get in to debt for xmas ,but theres lots of people that do every year

Yeah, skints me out, but I don't get in debt

[dave88 1,565]

I've put myself in debt for Christmas before, never again though....I'd rather the missus started Christmas shopping 6 months before hand than get into debt again

[green lurchers 16,369]

1 hour ago, The one said:

There would be a lot more respect from a lot of them if thats all they got 

and a bit of national service 

[j j m 6,481]

shaaark I feel sorry for people that do have to get in to debt for xmas ,my late mother had to do it all the time

[j j m 6,481]

these things happen dave

[j j m 6,481]

national service half of them would pi,s them selves at the thought of it

[bigmac 97kt 13,735]

Its all changed now xmas is all about money ,,,money,,and more money

who can buy the best trainers clothes and lap tops play stations so on and so on 

when i was a kid i did go to school with holes in my shoes had handed down clothes

and clothes from jumble sales .

got an apple ,,orange,,few  nuts bored game if i was lucky

I remember when i got my first push bike second hand but it was my baby lol

and the dinner was the best bit big old xmas dinner with all the trimmings

we did not have much but feck we were happy

Now we all like to give our kids or grand-kids what we did not have

but is that a good thing or a bad thing as far as money go,s lads

Life back then was good we did what we wanted up to a point

lol

feck bring back the good old days

atvbjimmy

 

[shaaark 10,137]

1 hour ago, j j m said:

shaaark I feel sorry for people that do have to get in to debt for xmas ,my late mother had to do it all the time

My father did the same mate, and instilled a pretty solid financial way of thinking into my head. It's actually quite sad and frustrating to see so many people getting stressed over what/how much they feel they have to buy for christmas. And, if your not careful or shrewd enough, how easy it is to get into financial difficulties at this time of year.

Like I said, I've a fairly large and quite extended family, droves of the little beggars actually lol, and I do my best, but I never get into debt

[j j m 6,481]

two true jimmy

[j j m 6,481]

shaaark straight after xmas all you hear on the news is all about people getting in to debt over the xmas period