# Christmas Worries aka the onslaught of the toys

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-worries-aka-the-onslaught-of-the-toys/564396>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 16, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-worries-aka-the-onslaught-of-the-toys/564396 "2010-12-16T18:39:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Baracus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@Baracus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baracus)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-worries-aka-the-onslaught-of-the-toys/564396/21 "2010-12-17T15:05:34Z")

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> [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](#):
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> I finally had to tell my two that nothing more could come into their rooms without something going out. Once a year, they each chose a pile of stuff to give away - usually to their younger cousins, so that pleased them somewhat.

This is what we are doing with our daughter. We told her that with Christmas coming up we needed to get rid of some of her “little kid” toys to make room for the “big girl” toys she would likely be getting. We give away what _we_ don’t want anymore and stick some of the stuff we want to save for a potential sibling in the attic.

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**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-worries-aka-the-onslaught-of-the-toys/564396/22 "2010-12-17T17:47:22Z")

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> [@lavenderviolet](#):
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> I definitely support the idea of giving the kids a box or bag and asking them to pick out some toys they would be willing to give to less fortunate kids. I think that will teach them a good lesson about holiday giving and if they are the ones who make the decision about which toys to give away then it will probably be less upsetting than if you were to pick them out.

That’s what my mom had us do every year. And to reinforce it, she had stories she’d tell us about “Kay” and “John” (our middle names) who started out to become Scrooges but found the Christmas spirit by donating their toys.

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