I don’t buy my daughter Christmas gifts
December 15, 2014I recently stopped showering my daughter with Christmas gifts for financial, emotional and practical reasons and it has been the best decision.
After becoming a single mom, I realized that the holiday season stressed me out more than usual. Despite saving up for a long time and shopping all the sales I could find, I always felt like she never had enough presents and that I failed at giving her the “perfect” Christmas.
The process was emotionally draining and financially compromising for our single-income home. In addition to gift expenses adding up quickly, the cost of paying a babysitter so I could go shopping was an added expense.