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That is very sad to hear :(

Some cities have local drives to collect toys for orphans and homeless children, perhaps they will also offer some for children of unemployed parents. Try googling and see if you can find one.

If not, are there friends of your family that could help out? Grandparents? It wouldn’t have to be much. Just try to keep a chin up and a smile on your face, children may act like they don’t like their mothers sometimes but seeing their mother happy is a comfort, seeing their mother sad and worried worries them.

well last year that happened to us but the kids really didnt say anything we decorated so they can still have the spirit n ate junk food n watched home alone 1 -3 n all the other movies we could find it was really fun

Contact the rector of your nearest Episcopal Church. You don’t have to be a member to receive help. Do it now, however.

Best of luck to you . . . and hope you have a joyful Christmas. The hugs and kisses are worth more than any material gifts.

You know that this is coming up every year so you have time to plan for it. I suggest that you get a job and start earning a living for yourself and your kids. You can go to your local command labor and get some temp work that way you will be able to give your kids at least something for Christmas. Its up to you to get this done and not up to others to give it to you. Also stop having kids and get the child support for the 5 that you already have. Hope this helps :-)

Well, Clue, things happen to us on the way that we didn’t plan on, or could reasonably predict. Relationships break down after multiple children, people get divorced, and people who think they have a secure job are given pink slips on Friday. Most of us who think we have everything so well planned out are just a few months away from bankruptcy. After more than a half century on this earth, I am much less inclined to judge than before. As the poet Robert Burns wrote, “The best laid plans o’ mice and men gang aft agley,” which is a bit of Scottish to say, “You can plan everything to the last detail, but stuff happens.”

The children are, especially, innocent parties and they shouldn’t suffer for our mistakes or misfortunes. And Christmas is really for the children, at least as far as getting presents are concerned.

I am hoping that a new day is dawning in our country, when children won’t go to bed hungry or people won’t be turned away from medical treatment because they don’t have insurance or money. In many ways we are just as bad as Charles Dickens’ England. I was a staunch Republican, but I saw nothing but a party for the rich for the last eight years. Our children are our future, and if we don’t take care of them, we won’t have a future. And we haven’t been taking care of them.

So, Anon, go to the Episcopal Church and don’t be ashamed to say you need help. You’re just a human being like the rest of us, and if not but for the grace of God, many of us would be in dire straits right now.

But don’t despair . . . your share of grace is coming!

Don’t get me wrong there chev. I do believe that Christmas is for the kids. I’m not judging the poster but making a statement, telling who ever it is that they need to go out and find work (any work) so that they can buy the kids gifts and set and example for them. You need to work to make it in this world and it doesn’t matter who you are, everyone works. Most of the time they use the kids as an excuse not to work but I bet they can find someone to watch them if they want to go out and party. I’ve seen it and know this to be true. If your receiving assistance your are automatically signed up for hope baskets for the holidays or they tell you where to sign up for them, what they are looking for it someone to give them money, that is one thing not included in the hope baskets and its referred to in the post.