As I mentioned before, our children only receive each 3 gifts (plus their stockings) for Christmas from us. One gift is a want aka a toy, then a spiritual gift and a need such as clothing or shoes. Their stockings usually contain a small toy, some band aids, crayons, drinking bottle or other small tokens. They did get some more gifts from their grandparents and friends, so there were quite a few gifts under our tree this year.
Here are Amelia's 3 gifts: A dollhouse (her want). I bought this wooden dollhouse over 3 years ago and couldn't wait till she is old enough to gift it to her. She enjoys playing with her dollhouse puppets and peg dolls, so I knew it would be a very fitting gift for her.
Her spiritual gift was a wooden peg doll nativity set. My little girl loves baby Jesus and playing with nativity scenes, so I knew she would really enjoy getting her own set. It was a labor of love, but so worth it. The look on her face when she unwrapped the dolls was priceless.
Since Amelia didn't need any clothing, her third gift was more of a treat this year as she received some princess slippers, a crown and a wand. This also matched her Cinderella dress she received from her Opa for Christmas. This kid is ready for the ball now.
Elliot received a book about the true story of Christmas for his spiritual gift. This book will stay out all thru the year so that we can read to him and teach him about baby Jesus.
My little guy really didn't need much in terms of toys (his stockings contained some Thomas the train cars and he was all set), so we kept it small. He received a doctor bag as they always fight over Amelia's and now they both can pretend to "fix" us.
His third gift (a need) was a dragon cape as he just started to get in to playing dress-up with Amelia and didn't really had any dress-up clothing of his own yet.
That was it in terms of gifts for the kids. They liked every one of them and have been playing with them ever since. I purchased all these gift either at the consignment sale (doctor bag, book), made them myself (peg dolls) or bought them on super clearance throughout the year. This way, Christmas doesn't break the bank and we can enjoy the holidays and the true meaning of Christmas.
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