Mother accused of ‘abusing’ children with hundreds of presents vows to do it again this year

A woman accused of abusing her children by buying them too many Christmas presents has vowed to do it again.
Emma Tapping, a 36-year-old mum-of-three who runs a holiday cottage on the Isle of Man, was criticised widely last year for giving her kids 87 gifts each.

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But it seems to have been water off a duck’s back, as this year she’s upping the ante – by getting them 96 presents each, worth around £1,500.

Her extravagant gift-giving made headlines last December when a photo of her Christmas trees dwarfed by a pile of almost 300 presents went viral.

Emma, who started stockpiling this year’s gifts all the way back in July, told Channel 5’s ‘Xmas Excess: Parents Splash the Cash’ that she hasn’t been put off because seeing her kids’ faces as they open their ridiculous number of presents is priceless.

Do you think parents should give their kids so many presents?

What's the problem? If she's planned it in advance and saved the money, good for her!
No, it's outrageous — so many presents can spoil children

‘When it first happened I felt like I had to stick up for the kids and say they are not spoilt,’ she said, when asked about the backlash. ‘I felt I had to justify what I was doing, but now I couldn’t give a toss what anyone thinks.

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‘I will put a picture of my Christmas tree up this year, if you don’t like it scroll on and it is a good job I am not your mum.’

Writing on Facebook this year, along with a photo of her massive tree, she said: ‘Another year of hard graft, saving and planning. Another year of my family making me proud every day.

‘They deserve a great Christmas. The haters will hate but no one will change how I do Christmas.’