This happened last weekend... we were at a party and I asked a sweet little 4-year-old girl I know what she wanted for Christmas. She looked me straight in the eye and said "I want material things."
Omigod, I thought, her parents are sure to be upset about this. Material things are far from their idea of a good Christmas -- they're more into spiritual things and asking for World Peace, if you know what I mean.
So I asked, "What kinds of material things are you hoping for?"
"Oh, you know," she said, "Things for making clothes, stuff like that."
Whew... a big sigh of relief and a new story for Christmas.
Love these stories, good idea shewolf!
("Baby Jesus action-figures"... a tale soon to be shared.
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