Topic: Christmas Thoughts
It is all in how you raise your children.
Christmas is what you make it.
My daughter who is 12 is always thrilled at christmas. She does recieve gifts but not that many, maybe 5 in total from us (nothing pricey which we could afford if we wanted to) and 5-8 from various family members (again nothing pricey). She was always taught that christmas is about spending time with family and giving. And, giving does not need to be much just a little something to let your family and friends know that they were thought of at this special time of year. Very often we make handmade gifts together, it seems so much more personal and gives us quality time together.
Dont' get me wrong she loves her presents too but is always happy with whatever she has recieved no matter how big or small.
In fact she made a comment last year how her 2 cousins (7 & 15) were selfish, spoiled and ungrateful people. Last year each one of them had more individual presents then we had under our tree for 4 people and 2 cats. And neither one of them were satisfied with what they got, they wanted more.
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