"What do you want Santa to bring you for Christmas?" The big man asked.
"A train Choo-Choo and stones and sticks," he whispered.
"Uh, yes, a train Choo-Choo." Santa rubbed his gloved hand on his cheek thoughtfully. "Stones and sticks too?" Santa's face had a puzzled expression.
The little boy nodded emphatically: "Yes, stones and sticks."
"Well, of course I can be organized," Santa smiled handed him a candy cane and coloring book and held it upfrom her womb.
For the next few weeks the child anything other than sticks and stones, said to come from Santa for Christmas. His enthusiasm seemed to know no limits. But he really wants, stones and sticks, or was it just a fleeting thought?
Until Christmas Eve, her parents were not sure how to handle this delicate situation. Finally, late in the evening they had made their decision.
Early Christmas morning, gave him a box of brightly wrappedstones and sticks. When the colored paper and tore open the box, "he beamed." Sticks and stones! "
As he carefully inspected each sample, his parents encouraged him to open his gifts of others. Reluctantly, he put aside his precious gift, and opened the box of his "Choo-Choo holds for training."
For the rest of Christmas Day, has interspersed his playing time between the train and stones and sticks. "Why not open the other presents?" asked his parents all day.
"No," heannounced, as he happily continued to play with these two precious gifts, gifts Santa had said he would bring.
This story is true, the boy is my nephew. When I think of his joy in receiving stones and sticks, I realize that we, as adults, instead of too much importance to the dollar value of gifts. We do not need to buy a child an expensive toy. Many of these toys have been hyped by the television, but actually very little play value once the novelty wore off. The stones and stickscould be done so that many more imaginary toys from a store shelf. This was an example to us all that children do not need a lot of presents under the tree, or have to be happy.
As I thought more about his unresolved luck with his box of rocks and sticks, I realized that children a better understanding of the meaning of Christmas when we do as adults. As we age, many people appreciate the value of a gift based on their. Free
This year we have a family decided to return their Christmas shopping. We did not cut our gift, but to make the decision to give gifts, because thought itself is the most important.
It took two years old child, to remind us that happiness comes from within, is satisfied with the simple things in life. Many of us forget the importance of this.
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