ngdawg

Guilty as charged. See, spouse calls me one day from Target to say there's this fantastic deal on 20" tv's, should he get one for the son? At that price, yes! Fine, except the only thing my son wanted was Nintendo DS. No tv. Daughter wanted a digital camera and after looking at quite a few, I got her a 2.0mp Nikon. After the cost of that and the card, I spent twice as much on her as I did her brother.
So....to relieve these pangs of guilt I have over ruining a sweet boy's Christmas dream, I am going to make him an offer I hope he won't refuse. He got a total of $40 in cash and a gift card for $30 to a store called Electronic Boutique, which sells Nintendo DS. It cost about $150. I am offering him the idea that, if he uses what he got, I will put up the remainder to get the DS. He gets what he wanted and I don't have to shell out the whole thing after getting him the tv, plus, for me, the final amount for his gifts equals what we paid for the camera.
In the morning, he will awake to a large note outlining my offer.
Every kid, no matter how old chronologically, deserves a happy Christmas if that's what they wish for. Like you, the holiday has no real religious significance for me at all-i use it to show the ones I love how much they mean to me-it's my time to make others happy and this year, I failed miserably at it for one person who deserved to be made ecstatic.