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The last several years have hit many families financially<\/a>. Some are just beginning to recover from hardships caused by the COVID-19<\/a> pandemic, and their lives are finally returning to a bit of normalcy. Plenty of people are still attempting to get their finances back in order, and money continues to be tight. Parents continue to sacrifice for their kids and have to make decisions about where to spend their money best<\/a>. Every family is different, and it’s really no one’s business to decide how we spend our money, especially when it comes to kids and Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, there will always be those people who put their nose where it doesn’t belong. A woman found herself in some family drama and posted about it in Reddit’s AITA forum<\/a>. Her much younger sister is having an out-of-town wedding and wants the original poster to attend. But it will be costly, and if she goes, she can’t afford Christmas for her kids. Of course, it’s not that easy, and she needed a little advice from an unbiased audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The last several years have hit many families financially. Some are just beginning to recover from hardships caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and their lives are finally returning to a bit of normalcy. Plenty of people are still attempting to get their finances back in order, and money continues to be tight. 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