Please Stop Asking Me 'What Did Santa Bring You?'
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Please Stop Asking Me 'What Did Santa Bring You?'

The holidays are about so much more than gifts and I'm tired of talking about material items.

Shelby Moss
Jan 02, 2018
The Narrative
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Please Stop Asking Me 'What Did Santa Bring You?'
Mark Rabe

The holiday season is a time full of hustle and bustle for everyone. Between parties and events it seems like time never stops. After it all ends, the question everyone seems to ask is "What did Santa bring you?"

Yes, it is so nice to receive gifts from the ones that we love & even nicer to give gifts to those people. But is that really all we want to remember from the holiday season? Obviously, sharing the gifts that were given to us is a fun conversation that can be truly positive but what about the things that matter a little more than material items? As this holiday season comes to a close, we should remember that these weeks are about who we are with and the memories we make. The most important part of the holidays is the experiences we have with those we love. Instead of asking what gifts someone received, instead try asking a few of these!

What was the best memory that you made?

Why does it matter that my mom bought me a watch or my sister gave me a necklace? These things are nice but I’d rather remember my mom’s smile when she watched all her kids eat breakfast together for the first time in months or my sister’s laugh when I jumped on the bed to get her up.

What is your favorite Holiday tradition?

Baking and decorating Christmas cookies with all of my siblings and seeing who can make the funniest cookie will always outweigh the materialistic things they gave me.

If you could live inside any Holiday movie which one would it be?

This question will start an amazing and fun conversation and will allow you to learn a lot about the person you are talking to! (I would obviously choose to live in the movie the Grinch because Who's just seem like really nice people)

The most important thing to remember is that the holiday's are about who you are with and not what you receive. My Christmas was filled with joy and love and a family that laughs together no matter the circumstances. The happiest moments aren’t because of material items. My happiest moments are because of the genuinely beautiful people in my life & I wouldn’t change a thing.

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