Aaron's favorite gift is his new punching bag.
It was an absolute delight to watch their glee as they opened gifts, the seemed very happy with everything.
William's favorite gift is his remote control dinosaur. He'd been talking about it for months, and we have found him in the toy aisle on more than one occasion just sitting in front of it and staring at it. We didn't think we'd be able to get it for him, in fact, we'd decided not to. Then, on his last day of preschool, they sent home a letter to Santa that he had written and he had drawn a very accurate picture of the dinosaur, complete with the remote to the side. We REALLY didn't want to disappoint him! We were so grateful to be able to get it for him, just look at his happy and satisfied face!
2 comments:
I enjoyed reading about your Christmases. Sounds lovely. The story about William and the dinosaur reminded me of the philosophical thoughts that have gone through my mind this year. Lakota, at the end of her 3rd year, remembered everything she asked Santa for. What would happen if she didn't get it all? I wondered how that would impact her faith in God down the road. It has occurred to me how the idea of Santa in our culture could be laying the ground work for how our kids see God later on. And what is Santa like? He works only one night a year (except for a few mall visits), he knows what you are doing all the time so you better watch out, you get rewarded only if you are a good boy or girl, then eventually, they learn he isn't real at all. Is it a terrible hoax we play on our children? Wow, I sound like a scrooge, don't I? Am I over thinking again?
Thanks for your thoughts, Carrie. We've addressed Santa a little differently with the boys for the very reasons that you brought up. At their age, God, superheros and Santa all seem about the same to them. So, we've made it clear what is "for real" and what is pretend. We have fun with Santa and the Easter Bunny, but they know they are just "for fun". We just couldn't imagine the conversation where we explain "Yea, I know we said Santa is real, but he's not, sorry for the lie, it was all just for fun" and then say "But, hey, trust me, God really is for real..."
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