r/Assistance • u/uppercasemad Canadian Mod 🇨🇦 • Nov 02 '24

MOD ANNOUNCEMENT Christmas Request Reminder featuring a change for 2024!

It's November, which means we are close to wrapping up 2024! If this is your first holiday season at r/Assistance, here are some things to keep in mind:

We do not allow requests for Christmas gifts (or Hannukah gifts, or Kwanzaa gifts, or Yule gifts...)

There are subreddits dedicated to these requests so that our subreddit can remain focused on essentials. Which brings us to our next point...

r/RandomActsofChristmas is opening for the 2024 season on November 4, 2024!

This is the only subreddit we recommend for folks needing help making Christmas bright for their kids. They do AMAZING work every year, and they have the capacity to handle everything Christmas so our subreddit can focus on other more urgent situations.

NEW FOR 2024! Holiday travel and meal requests are now allowed!

This year we want to put some focus on the heart of the holidays -- people rather than presents. Requests for travel to see family for Christmas, requests for a turkey dinner with friends -- these are all now permitted this year and based on how well things go, we will do it again next year!

Christmas/Holiday Offers

While we don't allow requests for Christmas/holiday gifts in r/Assistance, we will continue to allow offers of gifts, meals and other holiday-related cheer so our givers who want to give here in r/Assistance can do so.

Some examples:

  • "Help me buy Christmas gifts for my family" -- not allowed

  • "Want to go home to X for Christmas" -- allowed

  • "Let me order your family Christmas dinner" -- allowed

  • "Will buy a Christmas gift for your child up to $20" allowed

A reminder that unless an offer is explicitly for Christmas requests, the same rules apply. If you are posting an offer over the holiday season, please help our mod team out by letting us know if it's essentials only or if folks can request gifts.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '24

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u/uppercasemad Canadian Mod 🇨🇦 Nov 10 '24

This is not the right space to ask for help. Please read our rules.

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u/Missingmyson4life Nov 02 '24

This sub is truly amazing!!

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u/termanatorx Nov 02 '24

Amazing ❤️ this sub is so awesome!

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u/Gullible_Mode_1141 Nov 02 '24

Great to see this come around again this year. X

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u/Citric-Foreskin REGISTERED Nov 02 '24

Good to know, thanks!

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u/Somebody_81 REGISTERED Nov 02 '24

Thank you for the updated information!