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[esmeraldus_neo]

Mama’s Holiday Wish List Meme

TodaysMama (link to: http://bit.ly/tmwishlist) and GameStop (link to: http://bit.ly/gamestop10) are giving away a sleighful of gifts this holiday season and to enter I’m sharing this meme with you.

1. What is your holiday wish for your family?
That everyone is happy and healthy.

2. What is your Christmas morning /

Comments

[desperance]

Stockings for everyone, not just the children.

Okay, quick question: do you think gifts in stockings should be separately wrapped, or is the stocking itself wrapping enough? (Ours never were wrapped when we were kids, but we might've been outliers on the curve; and US customs might be different anyway; and I Need To Know...)

[esmeraldus_neo]

Sometimes yes, sometimes no, sometimes a bit of both.

I think the best is when the nicest bits ARE wrapped, with little loose items not wrapped to pique the interest--with something perfect and whimsical in the toe of the sock. But there are always candies and fruit that wouldn't naturally be wrapped. Filling a holiday stocking is an art, I tell you.

This year nothing is wrapped in the stockings, because I have been a bit 'whelmed.

EDIT: It's important, when the kids still Believe in Santa, that any artifacts of Santa that are wrapped be in different paper. So if the stockings are wrapped, you see, it can't be in the same paper as any family gifts, which can present logistical difficulties.