I'm asking for your opinion. The other day while in the car with my nephew I asked him what he wanted for his b'day and christmas. He said to check out his wish list at Walmart.com and Toysrus.com... now immediately I thought it was... whats the word... maybe tacky? But my sister said that her husbands family has loved the idea (he comes from a huge italian family). So yesterday I went to walmart.com and started a christmas wish list for the boys but I'm thinking about deleting it. There's just something that doesn't sit right with me about it. What are your thoughts?
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I think if it is for a young child then it could be helpful just because if it is like us your child has every toy and you don't have to deal with duplicates. I think it would be fun for a young child plus it isn't any different than when you were a kid and you sat at the table and wrote out your list. I'm not sure what it would look like considering the boys are too small to pick there stuff and it would be you picking...they are still at an age it is fun to go and pick them something but I don't think it would be a big deal for Jesica or even Darcy...depends on what she could do to make one.
thanks for your input... I agree with both of you but i'm still not sure if i'll actually keep it or not. Like Mel said... for the boys, they really didn't have a input it was more what I thought they'd like... believe it or not they don't have toys. And I thought about doing it for Darcy just b/c I know what she likes but I'm just not sure about it yet. Usually I get asked a zillion times what everyone needs/wants for Christmas and I end up sending out a email but I'm not so sure there's a difference.
I think it's a great idea. When it comes to buying toys, I have no idea what kids have & what they don't. So, this way, I would know what they need or just want. Plus I think it's a great for people who live out of town.
This idea actually seems pretty good to me. This way you dont get those- OMG why did they buy that, what possessed them kind of toys. And people know what they need & what your aiming for. Even if they just look at it for ideas of what is acceptable to you & then personalize it with a gift they choose.
Another thing~if you have family that lives far from you, they can look at the wish list and actually see what you're talking about, instead of them either getting the wrong thing or worrying that they got the wrong thing.
Yeah, you lose a lot of sentiment, but it also depends on where family is.
I have a wish list at target.com. And so do the boys. All of Hank's family lives out of town, so they are all asking already what we want/need. I think it's a great idea personally. Tacky??? I don't know. Is it any tackier than someone buying you a cheap Christmas sweater from Wal-Mart that you don't want or need? The boys had a BLAST doing theirs!
I am kinda late on this, but I think it is a great idea based soley on what I have read from the other commenters. I never looked at it like that, but yeah, you get so many duplicate toys, and then people actually know what the kid wants or needs and it doesn't sound too greedy cuz everyone gets the list. I love the idea. I also like the 3 gift idea. Thanks for all the comments, I used them too.
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