Aww! That was nice of you to do that! Sometimes I think the parents have more fun at Christmas than the kids do. I think it would be fun to be "the man behind the curtain" and create all the magic for the kids. That was nice you extended them this opportunity for an extra few years!
You're certainly right about Christmas being just as fun for the parents! And my parents went all out! I'm one of 3 kids (I'm the middle child) and each of us received so many presents that it took us literally hours to open them all. My folks made a decent living and spoiled us at Christmastime. One thing I remember: every year my brother received a doctor's satchel filled with toy stethoscope, candy pills, bandages, etc. (anyone remember those?) while my sister and I got nurses' kits every year. I think my mom was trying to tell us something!
I'm with Jess on this one I believe! I believe in the easter bunny, the tooth fairy and the Great Pumpkin too! At least that's my story and I'm sticking to it!
Well, I already admitted I still believe in him a little bit. I guess I keep a tiny bit of my childhood alive in my heart. I don't know what it is. But I always keep my ears trained for reindeer noises each Christmas Eve. I realize there won't be any reindeers on my roof, but a small part of me continues to believe and to listen for them each year. I guess I'm still a kid at heart. It's kind of weird, isn't it?
Naturally since I was raised Catholic I believed only what my parents told me, but once I got their number, the jig was up, and from there my atheism was born.
What's not believing in God got to do with believing or not believing in a fat man in a red suit who brings you stuff every 25th of December?
Saint Nicolas...once I was able to make my own decisions about God, it kind of made the concept of sainthood trivial.
