Whoever wrote that it is better to give than to receive never got a Burberry tracksuit for Christmas, unlike this little boy.
This is just one of the many gifts Kasey Akram has earmarked for her son, Jareem, who has been dubbed ‘Britain’s most pampered toddler’.
Alongside the £350 designer loungewear, the two-year-old will be getting a stay in a winter lodge, a ride-on train, a six-foot dinosaur toy, a golden bracelet, an ET toy, a bike and a robotic cat.
The little boy had also asked his mum for a real dolphin, but instead he will have to settle for a luxury holiday to the Canary Islands.
The 33-year-old is hoping to buy her son 100 presents for Christmas this year, and has been saving since May for the splurge.
Kasey, who receives benefits, is splashing out £1,000 in total, while Jareem’s dad is spending about £1,500.
‘A lot of my family do not celebrate Christmas so this is just for Jareem. He’s got 33 stocking fillers and then I’ve got plenty of presents,’ the full-time mum said.
‘He said he wanted a dolphin which I can’t buy, so instead I’m taking him to the Canary Islands in the summer – we’re going to a water park where you can see dolphins.
‘It’s about £1,300 and it’s his main present and his first holiday – he’ll be two-and-half when we go.
‘I want to get him something to wear for Christmas Day or Eve – I like Burberry, so I want to get him a Burberry two piece.’
Kasey told her son’s dad, who is not being named, not to buy her anything for her birthday – but to put it towards Christmas for Jareem instead.
She is also going all out on decorations for, including a seven-foot tree.
Other big-ticket purchases include a family visit to ‘Santa’s Sleepover’ at Alton Towers for £475.
She said: ‘Jareem wants a ride-on train that you sit on and ride around – you stick the track together and then ride around on it.
‘I thought I’d put it around the Christmas tree and put it up on the night before, I’m also trying to get a snow machine.
‘Jareem has a Christmas tree, it’s a little three-foot one and then he’s going to have a six-foot one is his bedroom and I’m ordering a seven-foot one for the living room.
‘When he wakes up, he’ll have his presents under there and then more downstairs.
‘We’re going to go to Santa’s Sleepover at Alton Towers – it’s like Lapland, they make it snow and you get a letter and a gift from Santa.’
With the cost of living crisis only getting worse, Kasey says she wants Jareem to know the value of money and how fortunate he is.
So she is taking him out to donate gifts to those struggling in Sheffield, where they live.
They will be giving out scarves, socks and soaps in old shoe boxes to homeless people on the streets.
‘Jareem has also picked a present to give away to Cash for Kids – they give a present to local hostels and charities, to help people on low incomes get gifts,’ Kasey said.
‘We do what we do every year where we make Christmas cupcakes and mice pies and make Christmas boxes and take them around.
‘We take a sack and Jareem in his pram – he can’t be thinking you don’t give back.’
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