scrapquitler
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- Aug 15, 2007
Still don't get it, sorry. If you need something, you need it.
Yep. And a BIG part of what we give for Christmas is need based items. My kids get toothbrushes and other hygeine items in their stockings. They get pajamas, they get slippers, they get boots and hats and gloves. They also get underwear and jeans and socks. All stuff that they NEED.
They'd get it anyway, but somehow it's more fun for them to unwrap it and get it than have Mom drag them to Target to buy it and try it on. And they figure they are getting tons of gifts because there's a big pile of stuff under the tree.
One year I didn't give toothbrushes, and they were all like: WHERE ARE OUR TOOTHBRUSHES?
It teaches them that giving and being generous doesn't always mean just getting things that you WANT.