[leenab]

Last year was Raj's first christmas with us. We had a lot of presents under the tree. The boys started opening presents. Raj opened one gift, smiled and thanked us. Then he went into the other room to play with the toy. Om continued opening his presents (it was his 2nd christmas with us). When Om was done I realized that Raj had disappeared and all of his gifts were still under the tree. Well, sweet kid that he is thought that on christmas you only get one present. That had been his experience before. He was so content with just getting one. But once he realized that there were more with his name on them he was beyond excited and convinced that Santa messed up. And now that stores are decorated for Christmas he's been asking me if he thinks Santa will again bring him more than one present. He's still so sceptical of the whole thing.

It reminds me of a fdaughter we had A, who thanked me profusly for buying her new underware, shoes and clothes when she came to live with us. She was in shock that someone would actually buy her things.