Christmas is Coming.
Making Gingerbread cookies. Driving around looking at lights. Watching The Grinch, Frosty the Snowman, Polar Express, and Rudolph. Reading the Nativity Story. Just a few of the pre-Christmas things we have enjoyed doing together so far. 
Luke is only 22 months old but he has caught onto the whole Christmas thing so much more than Max did at this age. He knows who Santa is although he wants nothing to do with him in reality. We love listening to him sing Jingle Bells, Santa Claus is coming to Town, and Away in a Manger. He tells us "Baby Jesus" all the time. It's true. They are like sponges as this age.
Max has caught the Magic of it all this year. He realizes what it means to be on the Naughty and Nice list and all that it implies. Threats actually work on him this year. He has been excited about every ornament, every light, every song...it's just been magical. All he wants is a Leapster, he says. I have loved to see him be so interested in the Nativity Story. He says that Christmas Eve is his birthday and the baby Jesus. Everytime we are driving and the stars are out he says "Mom, I see a New Star." "It's for Jesus' birthday!" 
We have tried to teach them about giving to others. I explained to him why the man is ringing the bell outside of WalMart and let him put money in the bucket a few times. One day we came out of the store late at night, it was snowing and I had no more change or cash on me. He just started crying and telling me he needed to give the man some money. So we hurried to the car and found some spare change and ran back in the freezing cold to give to him. How could I not?
Luke is only 22 months old but he has caught onto the whole Christmas thing so much more than Max did at this age. He knows who Santa is although he wants nothing to do with him in reality. We love listening to him sing Jingle Bells, Santa Claus is coming to Town, and Away in a Manger. He tells us "Baby Jesus" all the time. It's true. They are like sponges as this age.Max has caught the Magic of it all this year. He realizes what it means to be on the Naughty and Nice list and all that it implies. Threats actually work on him this year. He has been excited about every ornament, every light, every song...it's just been magical. All he wants is a Leapster, he says. I have loved to see him be so interested in the Nativity Story. He says that Christmas Eve is his birthday and the baby Jesus. Everytime we are driving and the stars are out he says "Mom, I see a New Star." "It's for Jesus' birthday!" 
We have tried to teach them about giving to others. I explained to him why the man is ringing the bell outside of WalMart and let him put money in the bucket a few times. One day we came out of the store late at night, it was snowing and I had no more change or cash on me. He just started crying and telling me he needed to give the man some money. So we hurried to the car and found some spare change and ran back in the freezing cold to give to him. How could I not?When Gram sent Max a $5 bill for his birthday, I said, "Max, you can buy whatever you want with that", to which he replied, "I can give it to the man with the bell."
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Oh, Calli, this post touched me deeply. Aren't children wonderful? There are so many things we adults can learn from them. How many of us would desire to give our entire birthday gift to "the man with the bell?" Isn't Christmas so much better when children are involved?
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