U.K. Woman Gets Criticized for Buying 300 Christmas Presents for Her Kids

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http://www.cnbc.com/2015/12/11/mom-buys-300-presents-for-kids-gets-trolled.html

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[Sam Flynn]

Five go-old rings!
Four colly birds, three French hens, two turtle-doves
And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the two-hundred-and-forty-ninth day of... oh, forget it!

[GUT]

I say if she can afford it good on her.

[Robert]

Tapping said she was shocked "by the reaction of people who instantly thought I was a bragging parent with spoilt little brat children. I was shocked how judgmental people were. My attitude is what I buy my kids is my business, no one else's," she said in an interview with Femail, a section of the Daily Mail newspaper.

Then why did she share her pic in the first place? Yes, it's her business, so why didn't she keep it that way?

[Shaggyrand]

She wanted a viral pic, she got it. Some responses over the pic are pretty crazy though. I, personally, love seeing people flip out over stupid ****.

[MarieO]

I think this just shows people love to be offended. Heck you can sneeze funny and someone will get offended. If she wants to get her kids all those presents it is her money after all. I am sure they will have a great Christmas.

[Beowulf]

Five go-old rings!
Four colly birds, three French hens, two turtle-doves
And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the two-hundred-and-forty-ninth day of... oh, forget it!

Uh, that's 'Four CALLING birds...'

[Errata]

Uh, that's 'Four CALLING birds...'

Wow that makes so much more sense... at least in as much as any of this song makes sense.

[Rosella]

Didn't she say that someone had stolen the picture from her Facebook page and that was why it had gone viral? It does seem a bit extravagant but she 'only' spent about £1,500 which, divided amongst a number of kids wouldn't be that much per person, I suppose.

If she can afford it, good on her, though I don't know too many people who spend that amount on Xmas presents for the kiddiwinks unless it's a special anniversary occasion. Wonder what she bought her husband?

Personally speaking we have a huge inner and extended family of mostly adults. We restrict our gift spending to a reasonable amount and do a Kris Kringal. The kids in the family get one gift per relative, though of course their parents buy more.

[Sam Flynn]

Uh, that's 'Four CALLING birds...'

Nope - it's "colly" in the original. Colly ["coaly"] is an old-fashioned (c 16th Century) adjective meaning "sooty" or "black". A "Colly" or "Colly-bird" is thus oldspeak for "blackbird".

There is no such thing as a "Calling-bird", unless it's another euphemism for "prostitute". Somehow, I doubt your true-love would send you four of those for Christmas.

[Harry D]

There is no such thing as a "Calling-bird", unless it's another euphemism for "prostitute". Somehow, I doubt your true-love would send you four of those for Christmas.

Hehe... Well there was this one time...

[Sam Flynn]

Hehe... Well there was this one time...

Respect!

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Uh, that's 'Four CALLING birds...'

I thought so to until I looked it up. Sam is right. Colly is an old English name for Blackbird. Calling bird was an Americanization of the original verse.

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[Sam Flynn]

Calling bird was an Americanization of the original verse.

In fairness, many Brits make the same mistake.

[Errata]

The song gave me a very unrealistic view of Christmas... I thought it was 12 days of wanton gift giving, making my friends' jealousy over Hannukah very perplexing.