Raising Needham
It's Better to Give Than Receive
Keeping children focused on the real meaning of the holiday season can be hard but it’s worth the effort.
If I hear my children ask when they can open the gifts already under our tree one more time I promise you mine will be the house you pass with all of their gifts thrown on the front yard. Oh and crying children standing on the front porch. No, no, I wouldn’t really do that but some days I day dream about it. Some days I want to ban presents all together and just stand around the piano as my daughter plays Christmas carols and my son dances about. Keeping children focused on the real meaning of Christmas is hard. Thankfully I am determined and after watching How The Grinch Stole Christmas at least 45 times, my kids can now recite the end when that green cat like creature with a heart two sizes too small declares, “Christmas doesn't come …
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