Gifts Madness for Kids: Always too much!
"What else can make your children happy? We would love to give a little something for Christmas, but you have an idea!". - Uh, no. The little things gift ideas are all already used up. For the other close and very distant relatives namely, who all like to give "just something small". And honestly, there are still racing cars from last year piled up and between the hundred cuddly toys, the child barely fits into bed. We do not need more of the stuff!
Instead of throwing money out of the window for unnecessary bells and whistles, you can keep the Christmas abundance in check with very simple tricks. Here are our 5 best.
Blotch instead of clogging under the Christmas tree - limiting gifts
Yes, it sounds ungrateful, after all, everyone wants to make the kids happy. Only comes as a nursery and eventually at its toy recording capacity. So I kindly point out that we want to keep it small this year. Only 5 gifts per child. That's enough. The children believe anyway, they come from Santa Claus - Means: There are not even sympathy points for the most beautiful gift.
Gifts that do not stand around - give away events
Great events for the whole family to give away, such as the musicals Mary Poppins or Lion King in Hamburg, a visit to Legoland, children's theater or cinema with a large portion of popcorn, is always a great idea. There is nothing lying around, nothing dusting in, nothing about whose pedagogically valuable function you can argue, the nursery is full. The Christmas dream of many parents, who have to pull together when Aunt Gabi returns with the singing, sounding plastic horror around the corner. And the most important thing: the kids are also looking forward to a day when only family time is on the agenda.
Collecting box - Give great things together
A bicycle, the extra-large Playmobil princess lock, a Playstation or the hand-carved merchant's shop: some gifts are at the top of the wish list to Santa Claus, but are simply too expensive for a giver alone. Why not just team up and make a big gift instead of many smaller ones?
If you like, you can simply feed the children's piggy bank - an investment for the future, so to speak.
Elves, Julklapp, Engerl and Bengerl - each one only
Actually a custom, which is practiced especially among work colleagues, in clubs, school classes and youth groups. In this case, by random selection for each group member another group member is determined, from which it is then given. In times of consumer fatigue, the focus on sustainability and abundance of gifts, a great alternative for many families, especially with older or older children. And it saves so much stress - after all, you just have to get a present! Fantastic, right?
Best gift? Time!
A trip with the godmother or grandma and grandpa to the zoo, the children's theater or skating. Experience special moments together, create memories and, above all, be together without stress and time pressure. Children like that, parents too. Because they are sure to have some time for themselves again. Two birds with one stone.
Anyone who still persists and wants to get rid of his money can, instead of spending unnecessary money, donate to the children's charity, Unicef and Co or otherwise engage for children, where Christmas is not lush. Anyway, ours can not be happy about the 10th gift - we parents unfortunately not.
