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What Really Makes Christmas Special

By: J Gardener

As the calendar turns to December and Christmas races toward us, once again, parents everywhere try to juggle holiday plans-the parties, the pageants, the shopping, the travel-while maintaining their already busy schedules. And through it all, everyone wants to make Christmas most special for the youngest family members, the children.

By early in the season, most parents have a pretty good idea what their kids want Santa to bring them, when he makes his Christmas Eve stop at their homes. Children are bombarded with TV commercials and advertising, convincing them, by early autumn, what they must find under the Christmas tree, in order to have a joyful holiday.

And most parents want to provide those things that their children really want. Every mom and dad loves that look of pure joy, when a youngster tears at a wrapped package and finds the perfect toy inside. So, many parents spend the holiday season stressed out over whether they can find the exact doll or the right version of the most popular video- game. Parents create stress for themselves at Christmas.

But a lot of parents also feel pressure from other parents to help Santa provide a great pile of gifts for their kids on Christmas morning. As parents and kids talk, they share their Christmas stories, recounting their holidays. Parents, whether they admit it or not, want their efforts at Christmas to be envied by others, so many may overspend on their children as a way of showing off for their peers.

Many experts feel that parents put way too much pressure on themselves and each other, to perform as Santa Claus's surrogates at Christmas time. With two-career households the norm, today, the real issue may be time, rather than toys. Parents today spend far less time with their kids than our parents spent with us. As a result, many parents try to compensate with gifts, activities, and other ways of showing their love. And many parents go overboard with this kind of compensation, especially at Christmas.

Perhaps if, instead of rushing off to the store for that extra doll or video-game, parents took that time and spent it reading or playing with their children, they'd find it much more valuable and effective, in making their children happy.

Most Christmas toys are old and boring, by New Year's Day. But moments that parents and children share are lasting memories. This year, instead of worrying so much about where you'll find that particular doll or that specific game, plan some time spent just being with your kids. It's the best gift of all.

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