albeit slowly in our house, but it's changing.
This year I am giving Christmas cards out to only immediate family, and people who we will see in person. Years gone by we would have up to 50 or more cards from various people. Our kids only send cards to immediate family as well and I think that's under pressure from me!!
I am normally organized and have everything done and wrapped by this time. Not this year, and instead of a pile of presents, it's a couple of small gifts and money, other than for the two boys, as they are only 4 & 7 and don't understand the concept of money yet, not like the older ones.
If I hadn't of had that party on the weekend, I know I would be not doing as much decorating around the house. I think it would have just been the tree and a couple of other things.
Now we have grandkids, we have not had Christmas Day at our house in years, and I love it...LOL At the end of the day Christmas is for kids, not for us oldies!! These past two years it was one or the other of our adult children and their family away over Christmas, and again that's fine. When there are inlaws involved, you have to share, which I am totally fine about.
The older we get the less we are bothered about Christmas. However, I do love to see the kids' face when they open their gifts and I love the excitement they have about Santa coming. I also enjoy threatening the two little ones with, "If you don't listen, I'm going to have a word with Santa and tell him you've been a naughty boy!!" As that threat still works!! Listening is a major problem with the boys.....just saying!!
The next bit is a SPOLIER ALERT ABOUT SANTA!!!
With the girls, the 12 year old, does not believe in Santa, sorry to disappoint you if you still believe in him! However, she hasn't actually come out and said it.....just in case Santa does not come!! The 9 year old is on the cusp of not believing, but again doesn't want to come out with it, just in case!!
So yes, Christmas is changing around here, but my memories of Christmas's past will always remain.
How about you?
6 comments:
Christmas changes for all of us, but it is OK!
Yep I'm the same, not feeling it at all this year, but it's lovely to see the kids excitement. My eldest grandson is just 13 and like your granddaughter, it's a funny age not quite knowing what to believe. My tree is up but I've still not got round to decorating it yet, perhaps that can be this afternoon's job.
I love that the threat of Santa still works. LOL
My first year of teaching (9-year-olds) a heated argument about Santa's existence broke out among my students. The students turned to me for the answer that would tip the scale. I was frozen. I didn't know how to deal with this. No book or class had prepared me for this eventuality. Loving Christmas as I do I couldn't ruin it for my students who believed. It was tough, but I was able to defuse the situation by adressing the spirit of Christmas
Yes, it is the same for me. Only sending two cards to girl friends in the UK this year, as most of my family there are now gone never kept in contact. Did you see the price of the stamp to the UK?
I have eight great grands, however, now the family tree is spreading it's branches, Christmas is changing, and I am fine with that.
I don't get excited about Christmas anymore and really, if it were up to me, I doubt I'd bother decorating for it at all. The RC likes the tree so I do it for him. Our family doesn't live closeby so, beyond a video chat to watch the kids opening their gifts, it's a pretty quiet affair here. As we were hauling the two big boxes to the UPS depot on Monday...one heading for BC and the other for Stratford, we said that maybe we should cut back next year. The RC isn't really up to doing all the baking so we'll see.
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