They don’t know that the average person is stressing out over whether or not they can make their next payments or if they will have a job this Christmas. As well, you still have kids that believe in Santa. Wel, I believe in Santa too, but it’s more of the spirit of Santa that lives within us all.

            With that in mind, the question arises as to what is the best gift for the children this year. What tops their lists of toys and games, electronics and anything that will put the average person further into debt. Don’t think you’re alone, we all feel the urge to get these expensive gifts for our kids because we want them to have what we never had.

            Get them a lot of things to open that day! Let them enjoy the moment, the true meaning of the day, but give to them something, I know, seldom often get, a relationship. Give them this year that special gift that can only be wrapped with love. Give them yourselves, your time, your thought, your energy, your smiles. Shall I go on?

            My oldest child, my son of 15, said to me the other day that what he got the most use out of in all his Christmases was the memories of being together, of family. Let me tell you that my heart found its new place in my body, my mouth, when I heard that. He actually said that all the gifts of the past had broken except for the real gifts he received, us. My friends, this is no scheme, this is a gift you don’t have to stand in line for. You don’t have to provide a social security number nor credit information for. You already have it. Now, wrap it up and let your children unwrap their Christmas gifts each day.

            May the season of Christmas extend to you and your loved ones, now before Christmas, during the season and for eternity.