Christmas Spoiler Alert
Just like that, Christmas is around the corner. I'm feeling that this year people are more in the mood for Christmas than other years. The decorations seem to be going up earlier, the music is already playing, the kids Christmas movies are in rotation and the gift lists are growing daily. That's the part that has me concerned.
It seems that Trinity has reached the age of the I wants. Every thing she sees she says, "I'm getting that for Christmas." She's jumped right past I'm asking for ______ and is making the assumption that any thing she wants she WILL be getting. It's strange for me to think of how it go to this point with her. We have never just given her anything she has wanted. In fact, there was a time she thought we were going to loose our house because we kept telling her we didn't have money for this, that and the other thing. Since she knew that the house we now live in was repossessed before she figured if we didn't have any money then the same thing was going to happen to us.
I think this all has to do with good old Santa Clause. It doesn't matter what you ask for with him right? If you ask for it and are good, it's yours! We've been explaining that there are a lot of kids out there and that Santa will only be bringing her one thing but that doesn't seem to sink in. Plus she keeps deciding on a new thing to ask for every 2.5 seconds so poor Santa is going to have a nervous breakdown trying to determine what one of the 563 items she has requested is the actual one she would like. Although, this could give him a lot of freedom. Really he can pick any item out of thin air and it would most likely be fine.
I do know that anything that she gets she will love and she's not going to be totally disappointed if she doesn't get the perfect gift. I suppose this might actually be a good thing that she can't make up her mind about what she would like. Maybe it shows that she's pretty content with what she already has so there isn't something that one thing that she feels is completely missing in her life. The lack of decision might not be selfishness but instead simple indecisiveness. That's something I'm quite familiar with.
The other wonder I have is how long it will be before my inquisitive and intelligent little girl starts to ask more questions about this Santa thing. While we were driving this weekend she asked "How does Santa get into our house if we don't have a chimney?" I laughed a little when she asked this since I had agreed to purchase a Santa Key about a week ago and had said that although she hadn't asked how Santa gets in to our house yet it was something I could see her asking. She was happy to hear we will be getting a key for him. I wonder how long she will put her trust in the magical nature of the Christmas events.
I do not remember this for myself but my mom has told me one day I came home from school and said "Mom, Santa is supposed to fly around the whole world in one night right?" She replied yes. "I don't think that's possible. I don't think that he's real." My mom then asked "Did you come up with this all on your own?" To which I replied "Yes, and Brock Ferguson told me." I wonder how long we will have this magical mystery in place at our home. I don't think I will be heart broken when she makes this discovery. I think I'm more nervous about her telling every other kid she knows once she does figure it out. I might get a lot of nasty phone calls from parents. It might actually be a little bit of a relief to remove the clutter and focus on the true meaning of Christmas but I think we'll take things as they come and maybe we'll get a few more years out of it.
It seems that Trinity has reached the age of the I wants. Every thing she sees she says, "I'm getting that for Christmas." She's jumped right past I'm asking for ______ and is making the assumption that any thing she wants she WILL be getting. It's strange for me to think of how it go to this point with her. We have never just given her anything she has wanted. In fact, there was a time she thought we were going to loose our house because we kept telling her we didn't have money for this, that and the other thing. Since she knew that the house we now live in was repossessed before she figured if we didn't have any money then the same thing was going to happen to us.
I think this all has to do with good old Santa Clause. It doesn't matter what you ask for with him right? If you ask for it and are good, it's yours! We've been explaining that there are a lot of kids out there and that Santa will only be bringing her one thing but that doesn't seem to sink in. Plus she keeps deciding on a new thing to ask for every 2.5 seconds so poor Santa is going to have a nervous breakdown trying to determine what one of the 563 items she has requested is the actual one she would like. Although, this could give him a lot of freedom. Really he can pick any item out of thin air and it would most likely be fine.
I do know that anything that she gets she will love and she's not going to be totally disappointed if she doesn't get the perfect gift. I suppose this might actually be a good thing that she can't make up her mind about what she would like. Maybe it shows that she's pretty content with what she already has so there isn't something that one thing that she feels is completely missing in her life. The lack of decision might not be selfishness but instead simple indecisiveness. That's something I'm quite familiar with.
The other wonder I have is how long it will be before my inquisitive and intelligent little girl starts to ask more questions about this Santa thing. While we were driving this weekend she asked "How does Santa get into our house if we don't have a chimney?" I laughed a little when she asked this since I had agreed to purchase a Santa Key about a week ago and had said that although she hadn't asked how Santa gets in to our house yet it was something I could see her asking. She was happy to hear we will be getting a key for him. I wonder how long she will put her trust in the magical nature of the Christmas events.
I do not remember this for myself but my mom has told me one day I came home from school and said "Mom, Santa is supposed to fly around the whole world in one night right?" She replied yes. "I don't think that's possible. I don't think that he's real." My mom then asked "Did you come up with this all on your own?" To which I replied "Yes, and Brock Ferguson told me." I wonder how long we will have this magical mystery in place at our home. I don't think I will be heart broken when she makes this discovery. I think I'm more nervous about her telling every other kid she knows once she does figure it out. I might get a lot of nasty phone calls from parents. It might actually be a little bit of a relief to remove the clutter and focus on the true meaning of Christmas but I think we'll take things as they come and maybe we'll get a few more years out of it.
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