Comments on: Had enough of spend, spend, spend? Young people in the South West want to give their ‘time’ this Christmas http://www.peoplesrepublicofsouthdevon.co.uk/2009/12/14/had-enough-of-spend-spend-spend-young-people-in-the-south-west-want-to-give-their-time-this-christmas/ The People's Republic of South Devon is a left-leaning magazine that champions lesser covered local news along with national and global issues. We value diversity, equality, participation and solidarity. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:11:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Frankie Dolan http://www.peoplesrepublicofsouthdevon.co.uk/2009/12/14/had-enough-of-spend-spend-spend-young-people-in-the-south-west-want-to-give-their-time-this-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-131761 Frankie Dolan Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:17:26 +0000 http://www.peoplesrepublicofsouthdevon.co.uk/?p=9256#comment-131761 I've opted out of the whole presents thing this year - after watching the 'Story of Stuff' I realised just how sick the whole materialistic side of Christmas makes me feel - so my family are just buying presents for the children this year. And Christmas is already proving to be so much less stressful! It is very liberating - and actually when I discussed the matter with other members of my family I realised that they felt the same too - they didn't want any presents because their houses are already too full of junk, and they didn't want the hassle of having to spend money they really can't afford at the moment. I'm not against presents, but I am against having to buy all these presents at a set time each year, which doesn't really make any of us feel any happier. I’ve opted out of the whole presents thing this year – after watching the ‘Story of Stuff’ I realised just how sick the whole materialistic side of Christmas makes me feel – so my family are just buying presents for the children this year. And Christmas is already proving to be so much less stressful! It is very liberating – and actually when I discussed the matter with other members of my family I realised that they felt the same too – they didn’t want any presents because their houses are already too full of junk, and they didn’t want the hassle of having to spend money they really can’t afford at the moment. I’m not against presents, but I am against having to buy all these presents at a set time each year, which doesn’t really make any of us feel any happier.

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