My parents were really devious.
When I was maybe 5 or 6, my mother explained that mummy and daddy had to pay for the presents father Xmas delivered.
That was to stopping from asking Father Xmas in the city for things mum and dad couldn't afford and then be disappointed. We were really spoiled outrageously. We each received main gift. Around 1955 I got my own radio. We didn't have stockings, we had pillow slips. On Xmas night, after lunch we'd go to see my grandfather and my two aunts, and get another pile of presents.
I don't think that hurt us. It's my belief that a child cannot be harmed by loving it too much. I felt truly loved until I was 8. ***
We always left Father Xmas a long neck bottle of beer and a piece of fruit cake. Never occurred to leave a carrot for the reindeer.
*** Imo the most important things in life (once you have what is needed to survive) are to love and to feel loved, for who can truly know the heart of another?
When I was maybe 5 or 6, my mother explained that mummy and daddy had to pay for the presents father Xmas delivered.
That was to stopping from asking Father Xmas in the city for things mum and dad couldn't afford and then be disappointed. We were really spoiled outrageously. We each received main gift. Around 1955 I got my own radio. We didn't have stockings, we had pillow slips. On Xmas night, after lunch we'd go to see my grandfather and my two aunts, and get another pile of presents.
I don't think that hurt us. It's my belief that a child cannot be harmed by loving it too much. I felt truly loved until I was 8. ***
We always left Father Xmas a long neck bottle of beer and a piece of fruit cake. Never occurred to leave a carrot for the reindeer.
*** Imo the most important things in life (once you have what is needed to survive) are to love and to feel loved, for who can truly know the heart of another?
