And it’s not ye aulde Christmas isn’t in the presents wrapping, etc. Nope, this lesson was about what you give, and how it’s perceived. Tradition had dictated that LittleNephew would be receiving an ipod shuffle from me; however his older brother smugly stopped me at this by buying him an iPod shuffle for his birthday in August. Then the solution came-an inexpensive flip-knockoff from Geeks.com-BigNephew got a flip for his thirteenth birthday, so I figured the knockoff would do. Well, LittleNephew opened the “refurb” package, saw what it was, and loved it. His older brother then immediately annouced it was better than his flip.
Aforementioned BigNephew got an iHome-a smaller one than the one he had ogled in Brookstone earlier this year. Was he disappointed? No-he was thrilled to have one to put his hard-erned and paid for by him new iPodTouch on (and Auntie Hedy wins for buying it before he even put it on his Santa laist-LOL).
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1 Kristen // Dec 31, 2009 at 11:15 am
I am so with you on this one. My children had well thought out lists, and only had 3 requests each! I was shocked. We were able to get my oldest a refurb ipod that he adores, and my daughter a used DS that she wasn’t expecting. I’ve heard more than once that it was the best Christmas ever, and that was worth all the gold in the world to me!
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