We started a new tradition of writing Santa letters the week after thanksgiving. Alexis was really excited about it so that he could tell Santa to bring him back his tools (he saw or knew that his gifts were in the back of the car and we told him that Santa has them now). So, I set out to write the letters and this is what Alexis and Charlotte told me to write:
- Tools, belt for tools, helmet, mac (a truck that carries cars, he calls them mac thanks to the movie "Cars"), and food for Charlotte ( I hope he meant the play kitchen oven that comes with plastic food)
We put it in our little Christmas tree and I told them that Santa would take it one night, after a couple of days the letters were gone and Alexis exclaimed "yay" while jumping up and down!
It is so wonderful to see kids so happy about magical things like that. To me, Santa represents the love of Christ. I told the kids how Santa works for Christ and he was really happy that he was helping Christ. I explained to the kids how when Christ was born there were three wise-men who brought gifts to Him. In Christmas we celebrate the birth of the Christ. I loved an article in the lds.org website where it talks about Santa and Christmas. It says that if we eliminate Santa because we think of it as commercialism and then the idea of not celebrating Christmas at all because Christ was born on April not December.... well, it is plainly ridiculous. I have done some research and I loved some talks from Elder Holland and President Uchtdorf in which they say that Christmas is when everyone is united and can feel the spirit of Christmas and when the hearts of people open. I know I have strongly felt it, everywhere I go, I can feel people changing. I also love how President Uchtdorf quoted a story well known "The Grynch that stole Christmas" form Dr. Seuss.
Let's not be a Grynch, also, don't let anyone steal the spirit of Christmas. Tonight a phrase that stuck with me after watching the devotional was "Don't spend Christmas" Christmas is not about money, or gifts, I am not saying gifts are wrong because even Elder Holland said "I am a little giddy about giving and... receiving" he mentioned he likes gifts but not to make this holiday season only about gifts. I am excited to spend Christmas with my family, this year I made the gifts for my parents and other family relatives, I hope is more meaningful this way to them as it is for me. I learned new skills while making them and I thought about each person as I was making them. It made me happy and it brought the Christmas spirit this season.
Also we started a tradition a few years back of doing an anonymous service for someone. We love it, we love giving, and meanwhile, we feel like we are receiving blessings. I hope our kids can grow up and see that, I hope they know how important it is to remember the Savior even more during Christmas time. I really hope they can remember the biggest gift that Christ gave to us, salvation through his atonement. May the Spirit of Christmas be with you all. I can't express how excited I am for it and how much I am grateful for all I have and for all the blessings I have received.
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