Kyo sat at the breakfast staring at his peanut butter toast with tears in his eyes.
"What's wrong?" Papa said, "Don't you like your toast?"
"It's fine" Kyo says in a choked up voice.
"Well why are you crying then?" Papa asked.
"I don't have any presents," Kyo quietly said.
"Yes you do. You have many under the tree", said Papa cheerily. But to no avail. Kyo was still teary eyed and so sad.
"No," Kyo stated. "I don't have any presents to give anyone else!"
"OOHHHHHHHH" said Papa in amazement.
Who at 6 thinks about something this unselfish? Kyo does.
About this time grandma walks into the room and is filled in on the situation at hand. With a little thinking between papa and grandma, they take out the vaccum and have Kyo do some chores around the house so he can earn some money for Christmas presents. After happily vaccuming the hardwood floors upstairs (which is no small space by the way), picking up the toys all over the house, and putting his clothes away. Kyo, his little brother Mcrae and grandma are off to Target to do some serious shopping.
Kyo knows just what to get for everyone. He has noticed that dad has holes in his t-shirts, so he picks out a new package just his size. He knows Mcrae loves Ironman and that he likes "silly bands", so he picks out a package of Ironman silly bands just for him. But he doesn't want to see his surprise, so Kyo hides it at the bottom of the shopping cart where his curious brother won't see. Kyo has borrowed Papa's lip balm on several occasions this week, so he decides he needs some more. After picking out these gifts, he tells grandma that he has to buy her gift later with his dad helping him or it won't be a surprise if he buys it now. So cute!!!
This is a story I won't soon forget and this adorable child reminded me quite vividly about the true meaning of Christmas...giving not receiving.
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I loved that story! Thanks for sharing!
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