Sorry, I just noticed that we didn’t manage to get this posted despite our best efforts.
I’ve always known that Christmas is most fun in the company of little ones and now I have a special insight into why. Christmas eve marks the end of Liam’s sixth month with us and we had a lot of fun watching him revel in our Christmas traditions. We enjoyed two days chock full of friendly faces and fun activities. Liam took it all in stride by having fun smiling and laughing with everybody, and barely sleeping a wink while the sun was in the sky. He really enjoyed his Grandpa Dean and his young contemporaries (Delilah, Reggie, Ella, Oscar, Johnny, and Nobi).
I had figured that having presents for such a little boy was only gratuitous for us adults but after watching Liam, I’m not so sure. As I was wrapping up presents I thought about whether I should wrap Liam’s and I realized that he’d love the paper, and the packaging. And sure enough, he did a fair job of ripping open his packages (Reggie was very helpful in preparing them for him by removing the difficult ribbon and arranging the package tear-able side up right in arms’ reach). And once the paper was off, he could wrinkle it up and rip it and suck on it. Which is not the sort of thing that he’s done too much of yet, so that was fun. Then the box, then the present inside. Each time, he was eager to see what it was and what he could do with it.
So I think that Santa is correct to drop presents to every little child, even the babies. And aren’t we adults lucky that he does, because we get to enjoy the results of his loving labors?
Merry Christmas! May we each carry the light that this season brings us into the world in our own special way.
Some photos from Liam’s first Christmas:
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