Comments on: Bah Humbug! http://footprintsaustralia.com/blog/2009/12/14/bah-humbug/ Behind the scenes at Footprints magazine Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:33:31 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Christmas is Coming : Be A Fun Mum http://footprintsaustralia.com/blog/2009/12/14/bah-humbug/comment-page-1/#comment-963 Christmas is Coming : Be A Fun Mum Fri, 13 Aug 2010 08:05:25 +0000 http://footprintsaustralia.com/blog/?p=266#comment-963 [...] Bah Humbug [...] [...] Bah Humbug [...]

]]> By: Kelly Be A Fun Mum http://footprintsaustralia.com/blog/2009/12/14/bah-humbug/comment-page-1/#comment-960 Kelly Be A Fun Mum Fri, 13 Aug 2010 07:47:34 +0000 http://footprintsaustralia.com/blog/?p=266#comment-960 I love giving presents. Although I think I would like to narrow it down a little. I like getting presents, but I'd rather give them. If I'm unsure of what to buy I go to http://www.baptistworldaid.org.au/GiftOpportunities/ I love giving presents. Although I think I would like to narrow it down a little. I like getting presents, but I’d rather give them. If I’m unsure of what to buy I go to
http://www.baptistworldaid.org.au/GiftOpportunities/

]]> By: Webmaster http://footprintsaustralia.com/blog/2009/12/14/bah-humbug/comment-page-1/#comment-776 Webmaster Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:58:27 +0000 http://footprintsaustralia.com/blog/?p=266#comment-776 "Scroogenomics" sounds great - I am definitely going to have to read that one!!! “Scroogenomics” sounds great – I am definitely going to have to read that one!!!

]]> By: Ken Rolph http://footprintsaustralia.com/blog/2009/12/14/bah-humbug/comment-page-1/#comment-773 Ken Rolph Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:24:00 +0000 http://footprintsaustralia.com/blog/?p=266#comment-773 We have large family gatherings where everybody gets exactly one present. At least that is the way it is supposed to work. We have a batch of 4 new great grandchildren and they are buried under stuff. My own first grandchild is not even 1 yet and he already has more than he can play with. I've just been reading about a book titled Scroogenomics. It is about Christmas and how it destroys value. The author says we use money we don't have to buy things that the recipients don't really want. After men get to a certain age they get buried under socks and hankies. I had to put a stop to this recently by releasing a list. It covered books, films, music and tools. Now at least I get something I was looking forward to. Now everyone in the family releases their desire list in emails that can be passed around. But I think that what most people want is a bit more non-material. One of the best things about our family gatherings is that we just sit around and talk to each other. Talking and listening to someone today is a radical and unexpected act. But if we don't buy masses of stuff we are traitors to the economy and our civilisation will slide into ruin. I guess you just have to know where your priorities lie. We have large family gatherings where everybody gets exactly one present. At least that is the way it is supposed to work. We have a batch of 4 new great grandchildren and they are buried under stuff. My own first grandchild is not even 1 yet and he already has more than he can play with.

I’ve just been reading about a book titled Scroogenomics. It is about Christmas and how it destroys value. The author says we use money we don’t have to buy things that the recipients don’t really want. After men get to a certain age they get buried under socks and hankies. I had to put a stop to this recently by releasing a list. It covered books, films, music and tools. Now at least I get something I was looking forward to. Now everyone in the family releases their desire list in emails that can be passed around.

But I think that what most people want is a bit more non-material. One of the best things about our family gatherings is that we just sit around and talk to each other. Talking and listening to someone today is a radical and unexpected act.

But if we don’t buy masses of stuff we are traitors to the economy and our civilisation will slide into ruin. I guess you just have to know where your priorities lie.

]]> By: appleleaf http://footprintsaustralia.com/blog/2009/12/14/bah-humbug/comment-page-1/#comment-771 appleleaf Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:21:11 +0000 http://footprintsaustralia.com/blog/?p=266#comment-771 I absolutely agree. I just read about a lady who only ever gave her husband one present, and it was a donation to the charity of his choice. He'd carefully choose a different one each year and it became a fun family tradition. But for us there has always been the pressure and hassle of coming up with gifts for several members of the extended family! I absolutely agree.
I just read about a lady who only ever gave her husband one present, and it was a donation to the charity of his choice. He’d carefully choose a different one each year and it became a fun family tradition.
But for us there has always been the pressure and hassle of coming up with gifts for several members of the extended family!

]]> By: a Victorian subscriber http://footprintsaustralia.com/blog/2009/12/14/bah-humbug/comment-page-1/#comment-770 a Victorian subscriber Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:43:49 +0000 http://footprintsaustralia.com/blog/?p=266#comment-770 Ah, just what I've been thinking myself! It seems so wrong to be just "spending" money because we are told by the masses we should... Yet I feel the same, when I don't buy something, I feel like a scrooge especially when others around me are opening the large presents given by others. I don't know the solution- but I only have a week or so to find it. What would Jesus do? I wonder. You know, I would be happy (truly) just to be able to share a meal with friends and family. The expectations of gifts is a pressure to me, - not children but the adults. Ah, just what I’ve been thinking myself! It seems so wrong to be just “spending” money because we are told by the masses we should…
Yet I feel the same, when I don’t buy something, I feel like a scrooge especially when others around me are opening the large presents given by others.
I don’t know the solution- but I only have a week or so to find it.
What would Jesus do? I wonder.
You know, I would be happy (truly) just to be able to share a meal with friends and family. The expectations of gifts is a pressure to me, – not children but the adults.

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