Do your children make up a Christmas list every year of all their wishes?  Mine always have & still do today although they are 15 &  11. 

I remember when my 11 yr. old (soon to be 12 in Jan.) was really little, about 3 or 4 & couldn't make a list all by herself b/c she couldn't spell.  It was frustrating for her b/c her older sister could write down all sorts of things that she wanted.  So I came up with an idea for the youngest one so that she could make a list of her very own.  When the sales ads would arrive on Thanksgiving Day they would both sit down to make out their list.  My oldest would write all hers down & I would have my youngest cut all the things that she wanted for Christmas out with some scissors & then glue them with a glue stick to a piece of paper.  It made her feel "Big" b/c she could make up her own list without anyone's help.

As they grew older they still would do that every now & then. 

(shaking my head)

KIDS!