O, Santa Claus
My middlest has written a note a note to Santa. Rather than a long, lengthy explanation he has chosen the efficient route: he wants a train for his Thomas the Train set and he wants a Terrain Twister.
This would seem simple for most parents. The child has set reasonable expectations and is not greedy by any stretch. The trouble is not with the train set - both my father and my father in law have "purchased" trains for him for Christmas. My trouble is with the Terrain Twister. It is $80 at Toys R Us and, more importantly, is completely lame.
He will play with it for a day and never look at it again. It is a ball that turns into a car and runs over things; then turns back into a car. It is no better than a 97 cent Hot Wheels car stuck inside a tennis ball. I can make that for under $2 and it will have the same play value. It is the one thing that he has consistently requested though and there are concerns in the household (read, not by me) that he will be disappointed on Christmas Day.
In my opinion, he will open up his multitude of trains, match that with the x-box from Santa and this Terrain Twister will never rear its ugly head again. However, I defer to the uber MIL and have directed the letter to Santa to his alternate address in SouthWestern Ontario. Sorry grandmaman. I have no idea how to respond to this one and am tossing the ball over to the more experienced player :-). It will be interesting to see how "Santa" responds.
This would seem simple for most parents. The child has set reasonable expectations and is not greedy by any stretch. The trouble is not with the train set - both my father and my father in law have "purchased" trains for him for Christmas. My trouble is with the Terrain Twister. It is $80 at Toys R Us and, more importantly, is completely lame.
He will play with it for a day and never look at it again. It is a ball that turns into a car and runs over things; then turns back into a car. It is no better than a 97 cent Hot Wheels car stuck inside a tennis ball. I can make that for under $2 and it will have the same play value. It is the one thing that he has consistently requested though and there are concerns in the household (read, not by me) that he will be disappointed on Christmas Day.
In my opinion, he will open up his multitude of trains, match that with the x-box from Santa and this Terrain Twister will never rear its ugly head again. However, I defer to the uber MIL and have directed the letter to Santa to his alternate address in SouthWestern Ontario. Sorry grandmaman. I have no idea how to respond to this one and am tossing the ball over to the more experienced player :-). It will be interesting to see how "Santa" responds.
posted by y-vonne at 6:33 AM
5 Comments:
364 days a year, I completey agree with kodijack. However, Christmas is about magic and wonder and awe, and if at all possible I try to fulfill Santa's role as best I can. I remember asking for a toy one Christmas and being told my Maman that it wouldn't really work the way it did on tv. Of course, I didn't care and pleaded and wrote to Santa. Christmas morning it was under the tree and I played with it for 2 days and never again because it didn't work like on tv. But I also learned a lesson and appreciated that my wish had come true.
I am buying my son a gameboy against all of my instincts, but only because it is the ONLY thing he wants from Santa..buy it for him...let him play with it and move on.
BTW where is Übergeek?
UberGeek is still here, he's just posting as Garrad these days :-). He is also wondering why his SO is stealing his blog topics.
Check the post times :-)
Oh crap, Santa has already sent letters ...oh , oh!!!!
I had it pretty easy as my kids never believed in Santa...I even tried to get them too...lol..They were always too smart!! They would ask myself and my then hubby for gifts an we were pretty fortunate that they never fussed if they didn;t get something on that list.
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