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Getting Coal for Christmas

December 23, 2011 by OneMommy

The kids have been a little crazier than normal this past week.  Holiday excitement, a little more sugar than normal, and not enough sleep all have a hand in it, I’m sure.  But in the midst of all the chaos, they still have found ways to make me laugh.  One of the latest?

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They were in the toddler’s room playing trains.  As a Christmas gift from one of my friends he just got a new recycling car for his trains to pull, and he actually let his big sister see it for a few minutes.

When Monkey asked for the train car back, I heard his sister say, “If you don’t share your toys you won’t get any new toys for Christmas.  Santa will bring you coal.”

I was worried that this comment would make him upset, and finished walking down the hallway to assure him that wasn’t true, but when I stepped into his room I heard him say, “I already have coal.”  He was holding up the coal car that his little red train pulls.

I guess getting coal for Christmas isn’t all bad if you have trains!

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Wishing each and every one of you a wonderful weekend and a very Merry Christmas!  We will be heading to my parents’ house for Christmas Eve (a little unexpectedly) and then heading to the in-laws for dinner on Christmas… Busy, busy, busy!  Until then, be listening for those words of childhood wisdoms!

 

Filed Under: Funny Things Kids Say & Do Tagged With: Christmas, daughter, funny, preschooler, son, toddler

Comments

  1. Cindy says

    December 24, 2011 at 9:02 pm

    This one is very funny since my husband’s grandfather actually gave him coal for Christmas one year:-) Needless to say it was not received so happily! I hear he was very well behaved that Christmas day!

    • admin says

      December 24, 2011 at 9:05 pm

      Oh, I remember the year my dad put coal in my nephew’s stocking… THAT did not go over well, either!

  2. admin says

    December 24, 2011 at 9:08 pm

    Oh, now there is a question for you… I’m sure my daughter will ask that one day soon – she is big into people dying lately. I think she is trying to figure the whole life/death thing out…

    Merry Christmas!

  3. Lora Langston says

    December 28, 2011 at 12:50 am

    Amanda asked for coal. She said she wanted to be bad to see what coal was like. She was thrilled when Santa left some in her stocking.

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