I love Christmas!! I love shopping for gifts.
I love Christmas Cookies.
I love Christmas for several
reasons, but most of all because it’s God’s birthday, although we never have a
cake with candles for HIM.
I love how people
are nicer during this time of year. Even the drivers with chronic road rage
will shout out “Merry Christmas” before giving you the finger.
When my
grandkids were younger, I loved watching how excited they were as they tore
into their gifts and how we spent most of Christmas Eve either playing games or
eating.
Now all the grandkids are older and
most of their requests are for gift cards to their favorite store. Good for
them because they don’t have to suffer another well-meant, but not wanted gift
from granny.
But sad for me and my husband because a little of the
Christmas magic was lost. Three years ago I began a new
tradition.
The grandkids had the regular gifts to open on Christmas Eve, but
their gift cards had to be earned. One year, I placed their gift cards inside a
pinball game and they had to win the game for them to be able to open the back
of the game and claim their prize.
Another year, I had placed their
gift cards inside a magic wooden box and they had to figure out the secret to
get inside for their prize.
This year, I placed all their gift
cards inside of a strong nylon bag and padlocked the zipper. I gave each child
a number or one word instruction and the rest was up to them.
They had to work as a team to get the padlock
open. It took a while, but they did succeed.
We also have another new tradition.
I pack a secret gift and pick a name from a hat. This year, my son-in-law was the lucky winner.
they get to take home the gift.
My granddaughter Allie, a fashion
designer with her boyfriend Sean
made me a beautiful skirt for my next outing to Dorian’s Steampunk
Event.
Joshua who is a fellow zombie lover
got a neat shirt
And so did I from my husband
The grandkids are dying to know how
I’m going to make them work for their gifts next year…hmmm. I don’t know, but maybe
something to do with Fort Knox?
Hope your Christmas was wonderful
and Have a Happy, Healthy, Productive, Loving YearJ
No comments:
Post a Comment