my Christmas Shopping! Woo hooo! The first gift was actually purchased in November, a feat not seen since my baby was little. It's just not the same for me now that she is 20 and I'm trying very hard not to be a scrooge, but I really do miss going to the toy store and fighting for the latest and greatest whatever-in-the-hell-it-happened-to-be-that-year.
Any suggestions on how to get excited when you don't have small children in the house at Christmas?
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Our baby is a strapping 27 yr old now, so we go away to warmer climes for Xmas.
We give him cash...not very exiting I'm afraid.
I would have thought that getting excited was far easier without small children in the house.
Watski, you'll have to have some kids first (I'm assuming you don't already) and then you'll understand. There is nothing like lying to a child and seeing the look of wonder in their eyes when they get up Christmas morning to see that Santa has been there...it's great. That's what I miss.
Holy shit I can be a dumb blonde sometimes, for someone that isn't even a blond...hehhehehehehe I just realized what you said, and yes you are correct, it is much easier to get excited without small children in house. Damn I need a drink. lol
Mine are now 19, 20 and 24 and they STILL insist on stockings at the bottom of their bed on Christmas morning. As they don't go to bed until around 3am, I have to set my alarm for 4am and sneak around the frozen house with all these crackling parcels. I've tried to stop it but they threaten to not come home if they don't have stockings, they say its "tradition" - "tradition" is bloody expensive when you have to fill stockings for adults instead of children. But it does keep the Crimbo spirit alive, so try treating your grown-up like a three year old lol. And if that fails, just get in a crate of wine/whisky.
Steve said it best - keep part of the childlike experience intact. Stocking-stuffing is the best way. Though you can spend as much on stocking stuffers as everything else combined, if you're careful they're the most fun part.
Stockings at our house always have lots of chocolates and at least one toy inside. Moonie's getting silly string. Elise's will contain a whoopie cushion! My Steve's "big present" is a big toy itself, so he can bypass the socks and underwear in the stocking, and go straight to the back yard with his radio-controlled helicopter.
- Pierette
My dad used to make us put our spending money in a box under the kitchen sink 'for Christmas', it was ages before we realised that the box was a gas meter.
Welcome Steve, and I guess you are right, as long as you treat them like children it can still be fun.
Wow nice gift Pierette! I love silly string! ;o)
Mick, that wasn't very nice of your Dad to fool you like that, but I suspect it was necessary to keep the gas on.
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