What are holidays like when you are poor?

>mfw spic span

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Oh shit. That hurt. We got at least those 1-5 Euro Toys and stuff from a flew amrket or whatever, so they almost never stepped in depts. Knowing they made more depts as a kid is fucking shit.

What holidays? My parents are always one paycheck away from losing the house.

Extended weekends. Our family never celebrated birthdays,Christmas etc.

it's the ghetto look

I wouldn't mind being a poorfag, if I had a qt gf to make it bearable.

at least they have a sense of humor

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pet beer

When you thought this image was normal and you realize its because you live in a poor country

>never had a bday party
>never had a Christmas tree
>never had gone on a vacation
the holidays are like a normal day but much more worse:
>the school/job is closed; you are forced to stay at home where it's too cold, and being poor, you cant afford anything fun, you barely afford food
>everyone laugh in your face bragging about their vacations and gifts
>the shops are closed, even if you succeed to obtain some money, you cant find anything
>counting the days until this hell is over

>poor as fuck growing up
>parents had OK jobs but were idiots who wasted money gambling, drinking etc
>holidays didn't happen ever really, the only one we had was christmas, we didn't celebrate birthdays etc
>every christmas we would get some really fucking cheap
>still remember my presents from the ages of 6-10 when it was really no effort at all
>on christmas when i was 6 I got a bottle of hand soap that had some cartoon beavers on
>on christmas when i was 7 i got a small wooden rhino, but the head was missing, my dad had glued the horn back onto the neck stump
>blamed the factory for the anatomy issues
>on christmas when i was 8 they got me an apron with 'kiss the chef' written on
>on christmas when i was 9 they got me a single 2.5kg weight plate with a face drawn on
>on christmas when i was 10 they got me a 5kg weight plate with an angry face drawn on, then my dad beat me because i had lost the 2.5kg plate and he said 'it got lost and grew twice its size and is mad'

fucking hate the holidays. its not that bad anymore because me and my brother don't see them anymore and i go to his house, he is a reasonably successful normie but his family is nice. i am still poor but don't waste money.

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>christmas day
>1m tall plastic christmas tree in the corner of my room
>no gifts
>do whatever i wouldve done if it wasnt christmas

my tree was a leave pile

this is what 3rd world looks like

My family celebrated Christmas after Christmas so they could get all the stuff on discount.

Basically a nuisance. Every holiday, birthdays etc. just blends into regular days and you don't think much of them.
What annoys me the most is when people act as if they give a fuck and give you a present, great now I have to go out of my way to return it so I don't seem too cheap.
Don't give me things I don't want it just adds pressure to an already strained economy to return the favor..

That family isn't noticeably poor as it is messy. Why is detergent on the same table? Why is something clogging the window thing? English isn't my first language, but what a messy gross family. Bleh.

Either almost completely ignoring the holiday except for a smile and "Happy X day" in the morning when you see each other, or exchanging small amounts of money ($20-40) as gifts and having a cake at dinner.

>What are holidays like when you are poor?
When I was growing up they were honestly comfy as fuck. The family all got together and everyone was happy for it. We were also able to eat things we couldn't afford the rest of the year as a matter of it being a special occasion.
Handmade gifts were more fun than a lot of the things people would gift from stores

It wasn't until going back to school from break that it would suck when the other kids were flaunting their brand new starter jacket or bragging about the brand new SNES and 24" TV they got for Christmas ...

Do any of you remember going to dollar stores and garage sales all the time?

Make him some coupons for favors.

>SNES
I hope this is zoomer larp and you're not actually that much of a boomer

I don't mind not getting much for birthdays or christmas, my mum used to try her best to get me something I actually wanted. The hard part is everyone else going about how amazing their christmas was and all the stuff they got.

I'm 32 and played on the SNES throughout my childhood. Not everyone here is 18.

Holy shit, kill yourself, that's the gayest shit I have ever read.

Yes, I actually remember what life was like before the Internet
I remember when pay phones were a thing (call 1-800-COLLECT - at the tone say your name - mompickmeupnow!)

"I want to take time off work, but I want to get something nice for my family for Christmas"

my ex did this once and it was probably the best present I ever received. It was a mix of sexual and non-sexual coupons (eg blowjob, cook rice, make sandwich etc.), all with pretty writing and hearts everywhere. She was a sub and loved being told what to do.

>My family could've made decent money but my dad made us live impoverished 'to stay humble' because muh christianity.
>never went on vacation (obvi, but one time we did, and that's coming up soon)
>hamburger helper all the time, to the point of disgust
>ramen every night. Shrimp flavor was always sold cheaper so we ate it and I didn't know chicken was a flavor until adulthood.
>normal cousins come over and are confused because they see me and my sisters in handmade clothing and the only toys we have are leftover from dad's childhood.
>i've never watched an actual cartoon because we only have 21 channels and 5 of them are in spanish, the only "cartoons" that come on are on PBS.
>we go to vacation
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>we only go because people from church had a timeshare that they needed to use up
>place has bedbugs
>dad goes out to buy groceries for us to eat during our stay
>comes back with only one box of honey buns, expects 4 people who are already malnourished to live off of that for 4 days.
>vacation ended early thanks to mom\
>mfw he tells us that "shes ruining the family"
I thank god for having a mom that wasn't completely stupid every day

Wow... you care about people are thinking about you. KYS

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i forgot to speak about holidays:
Birthday: mom made cake, no icing because it was "expensive" and "unnecessary"
Christmas: repackaged toys from dad's childhood, or, dad bought something for himself (one year it was doom 2 and a brand new computer) and that was it.
4th of july: church meal and that was it.

Those people are more of slobs than anything, who isnt able to clear a table for someones birthday cake theres plastic bags and cleaning chemicals right next the cake theyre eating.

No birthday presents or anything nice ??

>holidays
Honestly the holidays were good. Family was always over even if we were poor and everybody brought food so we could have a decent meal. We only celebrated Christmas and Thanksgiving though, no other holidays. Birthdays were always just a cake.

This is a good thread and it would be a shame if it was archived.

You dont Travel thats it really

Absolutely surreal. Its incredible what one can do without a shred of self-awareness.

What about Easter?

Yeah. I my parents allowed me to buy 1 item at the dollar store and it could be anything I wanted. It was probably the most freedom I felt as a child. The decision was always super stressful.

fuck off. I didn't see a proper nintendo for the first time until 1989 when I visited a neighbor's house. up until then, my parents had been trying to pass off an Atari 7800 as "video games".

>Spic Span
What the fuck?

looks like the bottle was sealed with tape
but i'd chugg it to get drunk
fuck im at cheap 5euro rum right now

Hopefully if you own decorations left over from the Clinton era you dig them up and put them around as you normally would. Then you eat the cheapest version of christmas dinner available, like frozen lasagna.

Ate a whole cold chicken alone

Everytime, every single time it's just as funny.

the most effective way to get fat*

seriously, don't make it a routine to get drunk off 40s, that shit fucks you up fast, it's calorie bombs. cheap spirits are for true alcoholics

no spirits are cheap here unless you mean those tiny little single serving bottles and even those are like the same price as a 40 oz

It's not that much cheaper than just buying a cheap handle of liquor. Each 40oz of hurricane here is like $2.50 and when I drink I usually get 4-5. Compare that to a handle of skol which is like $12 + 2litre of diet sprite and I get way more fucked up for longer.

lol those are overpriced as fuck. look for the cheap bottom shelf shit. Where do you live? Skol is a cheap ass vodka that's everywhere and known for being the shit poorfag alcoholics drink. Look for the handles (1.75L). I'd be surprised if they're priced more than $10-20.