Let me preface this post with sharing with everyone that I LOVE CHRISTMAS!
I love that it's a time to celebrate Christ's birth with friends and family...
I love that I can bake and bake and bake and no one really complains...
I love that I can spend hours thinking of the perfect gift...
I love driving around experiencing all the lights that others want to share...
I love reminding my kids that it's nice to do things for other people...
yeah... I could go on... but I won't... because...
the stress of "being" Santa is FINALLY getting to me. Seriously... he's SO highly over-rated. I keep hoping that the kids will finally "get it" that there is no REAL Santa... sad, sad day.
Here's my issue - this year, we'll be buying stuff for the kids just to buy. There isn't any one fabulous thing that each of them have asked for (except for the American Girl doll... for the daughter who NEVER plays with dolls... seems rather pointless). Another stuffed doggie, a digital Littlest Pet Shop... more junk.
We celebrated Christmas with my family over Thanksgiving... (yes it was kind of CRAZY!) and already the kids are "bored" with their toys (sorry mom and dad if you're reading this... just being honest). How can they go from THRILLED to BLAH in a matter of less than a week?
Our small group adopted a family in our church to buy some gifts for... I've had so much fun with this! I think giving to others is sincerely under-rated... it's a great thing! :) BUT - is it sad that I feel giving to my own is over-rated.
Maybe I need to eat some of those Christmas cheer cookies....
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