[msyorktown]

Thank you for putting this into perspective Kim. I was going to just put everything in a gift bag, since my 'kids' are all grown up and on their own now. I remember the look on their faces when they were younger opening all the gifts at Christmas.

I caught my daughter just gazin at the tree through the window last year, with the same wonder I saw when she was 5...(she is now 27!) My baby girl just stood there with a smile on her face...it was freezing out! Asked what in the world she was doing...her answer brought me to tears. 'Mom I just love coming home at Christmas, there is so much love here...you can feel it when you walk up the walkway'
Had me blubbering like you wouldn't believe...never knew she felt like that. Of course the boys looked at me like I had grown two heads and gone stark raving mad!
So this year when I had to put up that dang seven and half foot tree, with 500 lights, and all the 'heritage' ornaments collected over the years, I did so with a happy heart, cuz I know my 'kids' will be HOME for Christmas!
Yup I will wrap even the big azz microwave oven I got for my daughter, the wireless printer I got for my youngest son for school, and the drum cases for my middle son...how is beyond me, but I will wrap them all!!