What Kids Really Want for Christmas

Human Events ^ | 12-15-06 | Tom Purcell

[adam_smith_76]

>The best gift you can give your kids is another brother and/or sister.

I was an only child, and the last thing I wanted was a brother or sister! All the kids I knew who had brothers and sisters seemed to fight all the time with them. My wife comes from a rather big family, and they all get along very well, though.

[Lazamataz]

All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth.
Your two front teeth?
See my two front teeth?
Gee, all you want for Christmas is your two front teeth...

......then I could wish you "Merry Christmas."

[JRios1968]

How long since you could say "Sister Suzy sitting on a thistle?"

[jackibutterfly]

"My wife comes from a rather big family, and they all get along very well, though."

Yeah, they grew up.

[Lazamataz]

How long since you could say "Sister Suzy sitting on a thistle?"

I dunno -- but gosh oh gee, how happy I'd be, if I could only whistle (thhhh, thhhh)

[American Quilter]

Your two front teeth? See my two front teeth? Gee, all you want for Christmas is your two front teeth...

So I can wish you Merry Christmas!

[JRios1968]

SO all you want for Christmas is your two front teeth?

[Lazamataz]

Okay, time out. I think we pounded this one until it's lifeless.

[Hatteras]

"And when we were done swapping gifts with each other, we gave our gifts to Jingles – six hunks of rawhide"

You swapped rawhide bones so you could give them all to the dog? Huh? Is this some kind of cult thing?

[JRios1968]

True...after all

Santa got run over by a reindeer

[Lazamataz]

Oh no you don't.

[Gabz]

I thought it was Grandma........

[JRios1968]

Ssssshhhh...

[Mamzelle]

I was thinking the same thing--Looks like he didn't get memories for Christmas, either!

[Dems_R_Losers]

Sorry, but my kids want stuff. And I enjoy shopping for them. But we'll find a way to slip in some memories for them too while we are giving them all the stuff. That's what good parents do.

We have a children's book called "Santa Mouse." It's a long poem about a mouse that goes along with Santa, then he falls off the sleigh and gets lost. He has a small package tied with yellow ribbon, so he goes into a house and puts the package in the Christmas tree, and when Santa gets to the house he sees the light bounce off the yellow ribbon and finds Santa Mouse. So we always leave a small present tied with a yellow ribbon in the Christmas tree for our kids to find, from Santa Mouse. It's one of their favorite things on Christmas morning.

[nmh]

You're not alone ... I have a few "senior moments" now and then but seriously, it's not the things ... it's the people that make a holiday or an event.

[nmh]

It's too bad. They cheat their kids and themselves.

Sometimes just sitting around and reading a book with a snack is comforting or just sitting back and looking at the clouds ... then they start to open up more.

Cat's in the Cradle comes to mind with today's parenting:

Cat's In The Cradle
~Harry Chapin

My child arrived just the other day,
He came to the world in the usual way
But there were planes to catch and bills to pay,
He learned to walk while I was away
And he was talking 'for I knew it, and as he grew
He said "I'm gonna be like you, dad, you know I'm gonna be like you"

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon,
Little boy blue and the man in the moon
"When you comin' home dad?" "I don't know when,

But we'll get together then, You know we'll have a good time then"

My son turned ten just the other day
He said "Thanks for the ball dad, come on let's play
Can you teach me to throw"
I said "Not today I got a lot to do" He said "That's OK"
He walked away but his smile never dimmed,
It said I'm gonna be like him, yeah,
You know I'm gonna be like him

Well he came from college just the other day
So much like a man I just had to say
"Son I'm proud of you can you sit for a while?"
He shook his head and he said with a smile,
"What I'd really like dad is to borrow the car keys,
See you later can I have them please?"

I've long since retired, my son's moved away
I called him up just the other day
I said "I'd like to see you if you don't mind"
He said "I'd love to dad if I could find the time,
You see the my new job's a hassle and the kids have the flu
But it's sure nice talkin' to you dad
It's sure nice talkin' to you"
And as I hung up the phone it occurred to me,
He'd grown up just like me
My boy was just like me

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man in the moon
"When you comin' home son?" "I don't know when,
But we'll get together then, Dad,
We're gonna have a good time then"

[Old Professer]

You can have them back when you apoligize.

[Eagle Eye]

All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth.

Just like most the rednecks in my county...