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With Christmas coming though some ideas for the holidays would be good. My kids have too many toys and I don't have it in the budget to buy as much as in the past. What is the toy craze of this season?

Carennedy, Hi!

I sooo- hear what you are saying. I have already ignored my own plea's and am buying too much.

What ages and sex are your kids?

I have been buying a lot of clothing sales, (three buck tee's)and then well add one piece that they are looking for. Lego is big with my kids, I always buy sale. My youngest wants Transformers. I got two of those and then cheap army guys to add with.

When they have a lot of toys that they play with, what has always worked for me, is to supplement a couple of great additions, as in another figure or accessories. Get only things that you know that they will use and appreciate. Also, check second hand ad's. When money is tight, I have always found that you can get a big ticket item, that looks new for a fraction. Also only buy second hand games, movies, or whatever.

In fact, I have done this so much, I can't only pay retail, it doesn't seem right.

I got to wondering if I did get any second hand items this year. And, remembered that I have two pair of great second hand jeans for my fashionable teen son. I love the worn look. You can't tell if there is any wear unless someone drew on them with a pen!

I also got 2 costumes for my young son who still likes dressup. Reduced to 3$ after Halloween.

My kids want playstation 3, they have #2. Wii is action. PS3 is violent games! I can't go that route, so I guess their days of video gaming are over till they get their own places.

I don't know much about Wiis but considering the lack of check marks on the board by the time there is 300 it'll be something else all together.

My kids are tech kids. They don't touch any of the lego, cars, dora, barbie, you get the idea. My kids have sooooo much it's insane, what surprises me is that they have friends who have waaaay more. I was going to buy them stock in Toys R Us when they were born, too bad I spent it all on toys!

i agree that my kids have more than they should, but not near as much as the majority of their friends.

Mainly they get so much because I have always yard-saled, etc. They weren't allowed an overpriced toy, but if I found it for a buck somewhere, they could have a dozen! Flawed mentality, I know. But, I also explained this to my kids, and they are pretty good consumers.

That said; in 15 years of kid rearing, the amount of garbage bags of toys that I have delivered to charities, is sort of sickening. Considering, that I was in the toy isle yesterday!

My kids aren't so techie. Action figures are climbing over everything in our home. THe boy's favorite Christmas movie of all time is, Arnold S's "Jingle All The Way."

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Everything I'm getting for my kids this year will be eco-friendly. I am also taking them to the animal shelter where I volunteer and we're buying "gifts" for the dogs and cats there, instead of buying tons of gifts for the kids.

I'm trying to teach them that Christmas is about giving and not getting-of course we don't watch much TV!

I want to take my kids to the hospital. Last year my husband talked me out of it. Germs. I guess second choice will be the soup kitchen.

I started to feel guilty then I thought, second-hand is "green." I really push that to our kids. I can't help but go over-board though!