Christmas & Learning to Be Gracious

Christmas is just a few weeks away, today I am remembering a few years ago when my daughter, son, daughter-in-law, and grandsons joined us for dinner Christmas Eve - and of course, to exchange gifts. This particular year, one of the things we gave the grandsons was three $5 bills each. I decided to wrap them in different size boxes and went through the house to find - and in some instances, raid boxes. I ended up with an interesting mix . . . an empty band-aid box, a box which had cold pills in it, and other miscellaneous boxes.

When my middle grandson who was six at the time opened one of his boxes and discovered a box of what he assumed was band-aids he said; "It isn't like I'm going to complain, but why would you give me band-aids?" Then my oldest grandson who was nine at the time opened a box and with a puzzled look on his face said; "Well, mucus relief could come in handy." When they actually opened the boxes and discovered the $5 bills, they were happy - and relieved! They thought their grandma and poppa had lost it! Cold pills and band-aids did not seem like a "poppa and grandma gift"!

I was so happy to see my six and nine year old grandsons were learning to be gracious - and am still laughing about it today!