We Believe

At our house we tend to believe in magic. Sometimes it gets a little out of control even. Way too much magic happening. And then there's the youngest in the house. He wants nothing to do with the magic; and especially dislikes Santa Claus. At first I thought he just didn't like the Christmas books with Santa. Then I thought it typical of my "shy-in-public" child to not want to go see Santa or sit on his knee or tell him what he wants for Christmas. But no, he really doesn't want Santa to come to our house AT ALL. In fact he prays every night for Santa to NOT come to our house. He does NOT want his stocking filled with candy and toys and he does NOT want any presents because, he claims, he has enough toys in his house already.

Santa doesn't get a lot of credit at our house. For Christmas our children get three gifts each from us: gold (what they want the most), frankincense (something for their body or mind) and myrrh (a religious gift they open on Christmas Eve). Santa has typically filled the kids' stocking and brought a family gift. This year he is bringing them each their own gift. But still, much smaller than their gold gift. We like to take the credit of knowing and giving to our kids!

Tonight we were talking about Christmas being the celebration of Jesus' birth - like His birthday. Our youngest piped up that Jesus does not want to invite Santa to His birthday. I suppose the real reason for the season is enough for him, and he doesn't need all the fluff and magic to make it special. We'll see how he feels about not wanting presents on Christmas morning. (He already had to buy himself a pack of gum when he picked gum as his presents for all his siblings!)
Merry Christmas. No matter what you believe.