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Family can't afford to buy kids the 'showstopper' present this year.
Let's all swab a tear from our already tear stained cheeks!
My Take: Being poor on Christmas – CNN Belief Blog - CNN.com Blogs
(Go ahead, throw it in the Romper Room, I don't care. There are some people in serious need and we are supposed top shed tears over this shit?)
Let's all swab a tear from our already tear stained cheeks!
(CNN) - For my husband and me, the crown jewel of success as parents is the shrieks and wanton joy that come when our children open presents on Christmas morning. Its enough to breach the dams in my eyes. Every year, my husband (the better shopper) picks one big-ticket gift for our boys, the one we call the Showstopper!
The Showstopper is the present that is either No. 1 on their wish list or the one they didnt even know they wanted, until they make confetti of the shiny paper that conceals the happiness wrapped inside. The Showstopper is THE gift. Its so awe-inspiring that it causes an intermission to present-opening and signals the point when the boys forsake all other gifts to play with the Showstopper. Last year, it was Chuck the Talking Dump Truck.
My Take: Being poor on Christmas – CNN Belief Blog - CNN.com Blogs
(Go ahead, throw it in the Romper Room, I don't care. There are some people in serious need and we are supposed top shed tears over this shit?)