Happy Monday and Happy December! Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Fall and Winter time is always so busy with all the Holidays, it seems one is over and another is quickly following! I can't believe Christmas is about 3 weeks away.
Christmas time is so special with kid(s) around. I love the music, the food, my new favorite drink at Starbucks (Chestnut Praline Latte... you should try it, it's amazing) and more family time. Another thing Christmas time brings is gift giving and trying not to lose sight of the really meaning behind Christmas and why we celebrate.
My husband and I want to make sure that our children know why we celebrate Christmas. We want them to know it's about Jesus' birth and how he is our greatest gift. We also want our kids to celebrate the other part of Christmas which includes Santa, the North Pole and how it feels good to give. What we're still trying to figure out is how to do both.
The only way right now that I have figured out to tell Jase about the meaning of Christmas at his young age is to, well, tell him. I'm kind of taking the same approach with Santa as well. I figure some how our kids know who Santa is, right? It's got to be because we talk about Santa at Christmas and also show pictures of Santa.
Gifts are another area we are trying to figure out. Last year Santa got Jase one bigger gift and filled his stocking. My husband and I gave him something he wanted (we guessed, he was only 8 months old), something he needed, something to wear and something to read. We plan on doing the same thing this year as well to keep the out of control-ness in control. If I didn't limit myself, I'd go crazy and buy him everything I thought he needed and we'd be broke and Jase would be spoiled (even more then he is :-)).
I'd love to hear how you keep the meaning of Christmas alive in your family and how you go about gift giving with your kids! Like I said, we're still trying to figure it out!
<3 Lindsey
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