Re: Could you please tell the Santa for me...-reply to n

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Yes, I think so too. Learning to strive for what we need and want, but no more than that. And learning generosity too. I think that would be a valuable lesson.love/Reb> > Subject: Could you please tell the Santa for me...> To: MSersLife > Date: Wednesday, December 28, 2011, 12:38 AM> > > > > > > > >  > > > > > > > > > > 's 2 year old nephew, Mikko, was showing a real humble attitude about the Christmas gifts this year. > In Sweden Christmas gifts are opened during the afternoon or evening of Christmas Eve, usually after that gigantic Christmas smorgasbord, in fact Christmas Eve is when Christmas is celebrated in Sweden, Christmas Day is more like the day after Christmas. And the Santa* is not coming down the chimney during the night, but is let in through the door and is delivering the presents directly (usually one of the adults in the family is dressed up as Santa/tomte, or someone in the neighborhood, this year it was who was Santa). Or at least handing them out, they'll be placed under the Christmas tree before that. > Anyway. During the day Mikko's father was teasing him (jokingly): "What if I take all the gifts myself! Then there'll be nothing left for you!" Mikko just calmly replied: "There are so many gifts under the tree, there is plenty for everyone. In fact, if everyone take all the gifts they want, there'll still be gifts left for me."> And then during the Santa visit, when perhaps a third of the presents had been handed out, Mikko said: "Could you please tell the Santa for me that he has given me enough gifts now, he should take the rest of my gifts with him and give to some other children"> Now, that's a boy with not much greed in him...> love/Reb> * in Swedish: tomte, which is not really the same as Santa Claus, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomte I'll call the tomte Santa in English though. >