Watching my kids get what the holiday s all about.
As I mentioned on NetPond:
There was a family on the news that lost their house to a fire just before Christmas and my kids were watching and saw these little kids in the hospital and knew that they lost all their presents, so my oldest son went over to our tree and said "Daddy, I have too many presents, can I give them one?" then my daughter chimed that she too wanted to give away one of her gifts to one of these little kids who lost everything to a fire. So, the next day, we dropped off the presents to the hospital.
Well, today, we go a nice thnk you card from the family and another from the nurses who were attending the children. They were touched that such young kids would be so generous.
I think the fact the little kids were my kids' ages it hit them that it could be them (plus they remember when we had the fire and lost almost everything.
I've always taught my kids that compassion isn't a weakness and caring for others isn't a bad thing and I think they picked up that lesson. I also made sure they got a little something extra this year from Santa.
Things like that almost make me not hate Christmas as much as usual ;-)
Well, that and my Indiana Jones boxset ruled the fucking world ;-)
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