Shad was up at 6:00am. (ugh) He woke up everyone else. They all loved their "big" gifts. We clarified that it was Shad who wrote "from Santa" on his gifts to everyone and no one was sneaking in our house unawares, a concern Trinity had 'cause she met Santa down at the mall last year, and although he was a nice guy, no one in our house wants anyone sneaking in (after the break-in last May) for any reason. In our house, we celebrate Jesus with a little manger with a baby doll. We don't leave room under the tree for the gifts, we arrange them around baby Jesus because... in our house, Jesus is the reason we give each other gifts to celebrate His birthday. He was the One Who received the first three gifts... and He is the One Who gives us every good and perfect thing. The gifts are what draw the emotions and the kids' crazy love for Wonderful Christmas, so it makes sense. And instead of stockings, we have Treasure Boxes. Hey... if the enemy can tweak something as Awesome as the birth of the Savior into a commercialized, tree-centered, greedy event, why not tweak it right back?
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