Is buying mountains of Xmas presents council?

[rawenghey]

Purely anecdotal, but it's something I've noticed as I've moved through life. Middle class families tend to buy gifts much more sparingly, whereas the more working class ones I know tend to buy mountains of them - even, ironically, when they're the ones who can least afford it.

[steveo3002]

yes , have to out do the other council folk

[V8covin]

If you don't buy any it must make you royalty

[PositronicRay]

I think concerning yourself with others buying habits is properly council.

[Mr Penguin]

Middle class - buy a few good things
Working class - buy a lot of tat

[Koyaanisqatsi]

Nah, not council at all

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1143022...

[Export56]

As if you had to ask, bonus points if it also includes branded clothes. Council hate to feel they not better than the neighbours, so have to spend to max to justify how 'successful' they are.

[TheJimi]

If only there was a thread (maybe even five volumes thereof) where you can sneer at others to your heart's content.

[littleowl]

Generally, yes.
Quantity over quality is the council mantra.

I'm just relieved that I only inhabit the same planet, but not the same world as these people.

[steveo3002]

Mr Penguin said:

Working class - buy a lot of tat

nothing wrong with the 1/3rd scale humvee ive got for tyrone to drive around the flat in

another 187 payments and its all ours

[Spare tyre]

Yes

I’ve noticed chavs love buying anything that’s massive

Nice metal toy car, nope, giant piece of ste care mad of flimsy plastic that will break whiting a day

Bigger is not better

[Nickbrapp]

Yes and what’s even more council is posting a photo of the tree and sofas being covered in presents.


We stopped buying presents a few years back, we all spend the money and go away to a spa hotel from Christmas Eve till the day after Boxing Day. No cooking, no shopping, just spending time with family and appreciating it.

[anonymous-user]

It's always been like this. I went to school in what you could generously call an area of mixed economic backgrounds and even as a child I noticed the kids with no flooring in the house, no dad on the scene, and who always smelled of stale chip oil always had far more stuff than me at Christmas.

At the time I felt most aggreived that I didn't get a bike AND a megadrive AND a massive super soaker AND a walkman AND etc etc

Now I see it as a misguided and somewhat emotionally illiterate way of trying to express how much you love your children, maybe?

[Bilkob]

steveo3002 said:

Mr Penguin said:

Working class - buy a lot of tat

nothing wrong with the 1/3rd scale humvee ive got for tyrone to drive around the flat in

another 187 payments and its all ours

Except the next 186 payments are 10 times the introductory one………

[goldar]

What is the actual point in buying Christmas presents? And why buy more than one?

[Mr Penguin]

Export56 said:

As if you had to ask, bonus points if it also includes branded clothes. Council hate to feel they not better than the neighbours, so have to spend to max to justify how 'successful' they are.

I bought a new set of port glasses this week, I was horrified to find out that they say "DARTINGTON" on the base, just so everyone who comes to visit knows they aren't cheap ones. Needless to say, they are going back to the shop.

[75Black]

goldar said:

What is the actual point in buying Christmas presents? And why buy more than one?

As I get older every year, and every year Christmas comes around I honestly find it harder to buy presents for family. I've resorted to texting everyone what they'd like, send me an amazon/ebay/whatever link and telling them it'll be sorted. I couldn't care less about getting a surprise myself, if I need something I'll buy it. If I'm out of ideas I'll buy a bunch of £50 giftcards to their favourite shops, done.

[anonymous-user]

75Black said:

As I get older every year, and every year Christmas comes around I honestly find it harder to buy presents for family. I've resorted to texting everyone what they'd like, send me an amazon/ebay/whatever link and telling them it'll be sorted. I couldn't care less about getting a surprise myself, if I need something I'll buy it. If I'm out of ideas I'll buy a bunch of £50 giftcards to their favourite shops, done.

Just give them cash, gift cards are absolutely ridiculous things; you're chosing to become an unsecured creditor for absolutely no upside to you or the recipient whatsoever, and significant downsides. The Bank of England issue the best and most widely accepted gift cards going, why settle for anything else.

[Jamescrs]

stickleback123 said:

Just give them cash, gift cards are absolutely ridiculous things; you're chosing to become an unsecured creditor for absolutely no upside to you or the recipient whatsoever, and significant downsides. The Bank of England issue the best and most widely accepted gift cards going, why settle for anything else.

I agree with giftcards. I've had issues actually using them.on more thn one occasion, once an Amazon card which the store apparantly hadn't activated properly which was given to me which created an awkward conversation between me and the family member who bought it, long story short I gave up on it so £25 wasted.

On another occasion I was given a "One4all" card and again struggled to find a shop to accept it, I think I used it in Sainsburys in the end and knocked the value off the weekly shop so more a pain than anything.

I dont like them and won't buy them for others.

[anonymous-user]

rawenghey said:

Purely anecdotal, but it's something I've noticed as I've moved through life. Middle class families tend to buy gifts much more sparingly, whereas the more working class ones I know tend to buy mountains of them - even, ironically, when they're the ones who can least afford it.

Interesting - not