{"id":755,"date":"2010-12-28T08:17:44","date_gmt":"2010-12-28T14:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whaleylife.com\/blog\/?p=755"},"modified":"2010-12-28T08:17:44","modified_gmt":"2010-12-28T14:17:44","slug":"christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whaleylife.com\/blog\/archives\/755","title":{"rendered":"Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Am I the only mom who is fed up with buying gifts for their children? I don’t know if it is the lack of commercials so they really don’t “want” anything or their lack of playing, but I try to think of something fun or useful for them each year. I don’t want to just buy junk or presents just for the sake of opening. I think I am doing well, but every Christmas Eve start to doubt myself and worry that they will not be satisfied. That maybe I didn’t get enough. That maybe my home-made gifts aren’t as good as the scooter that they wanted. But that is not really what Christmas should be about. Next year, I want to do a better job with them as we buy gifts for others instead of just doing it myself, so they can share in the joy of giving. Yes, I want to still get them something fun, something they want, but I don’t want their day to be determined by a gift.<\/p>\n

We did gifts and breakfast Christmas morning with my parents, shared the day with my brother and family, and then drove on to Austin to enjoy the Whaleys. It has been a nice break from things going on in Nashville and always fun to be around family.<\/p>\n

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