Kid arrested for opening an xmas present.

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We only set up the tree about two weeks prior. We don't do thanksgiving in NZ.

There's probably also people who set up the decorations as soon as they see the ads pop up on TV, too...

EDIT: Award to Catalyst for correct spelling of my username.

Well, it used to be that we started our shopping frenzy on "Black Friday", the Friday after thanksgiving. Now stores are starting to open on Thanksgiving in order to beat the Christmas Rush. Nothing says "Happy Birthday to Lord Jesus" like half-off consumer electronics, apparently. I'm not even a Christian and I'm indignant about it.

Ha I have two up. I've had them up before Decemeber 1st.

my family actually did lights this year and everything without me this year. I'm so proud of them. College really does make them self sufficeint and not have to need me. I love college. it shows how truly independant they are.

(and yes, that was sarcasm, for those of you who don't get it)

I read the same story at Pravda.ru ... I was hoping it was one of their silly "fake" stories, like the ones about aliens.

It was real, damn...

How sad.

the only thing interesting that we had happen at our high school was we had one of the art teachers swing a golf club and hit the sprinklers. that was funny and dumb.

(I went to a christian high school)

We also had a gay cheerleader, who left because we asked him to. We had a couple of girls get pregnant. yeah, so thats the only excitement that ever happened at our school.

Ah, and I was probably the only ASpie that made Homecoming court at my school. sophmroe year.

When I was in Junior high, several of the senior girls were very obviously pregnant by the time we had our awards night. There were also various fights in the playground.

I wish Super Nanny would visit the family across the street. They have a boy who is 6 or so who puts on the most dreadful tantrums sometimes. His little sister is so good, you never hear a peep out of her and he is good for his dad. When his mum is around, he kicks up a big stink if she does something like stops pushing him on his swing when it is time to cook dinner.

I mean, a kid that big should be able to swing by himself. If he is so naughty now, he is going to be a real handful by the time he's a teenager.

Back to the boy who opened his present before time, I think it was silly to put the present under the tree so early. We don't usually put up trees in Australia until about the start of December. It's better to hide the big and important presents and just have a few smaller ones around the tree until Christmas morning.

There are so many things wrong with that story.
It looks like he was expecting to get a gameboy advance for Xmas and knew which present it was. My son is doing the same thing and we haven't bought his expected gift yet. We thought about not giving it to him but he hasn't done anything jerky yet. He hasn't opened the gifts. But he is obsessed about it.
See, in my family, big presents were hiddlen and usually reserved as "Santa" gifts-even long after we knew there was no Santa. Under the tree were the recognizable gift boxes of See's Candy, socks, sweaters. Occasionally there was a surprise gift with corn in the box so it would throw ya off when you shook it.

Anyways, that woman is letting the gov't teach her son the wrong things. She needs to love him and sometimes that means telling him no. If she is that overwhelmed she should let someone else take care of him. Calling him a criminal at 12 is just wrong.

I am a firm believer in the "boys will be boys" philosophy when it comes to this.

Tim