[KarenInCa]

What do you want for Christmas?
I've wanted a sapphire ring for a long time, but it will have to wait again. Other than that, I love getting cute and cheezy mugs or other things that I can look at throughout the year and say, "Oh I remember getting that...." I still have some really inexpensive dollar-store type of porceline figurines that I keep in my kitchen from my son, more than 20 years ago.

What are the kids getting for Christmas?
My 25 yr old son already got a new bed from SleepTrain that he really needed, but it was expensive, and we got it for him in July, so I told him it was his big December birthday/Christmas present. He was fine with it...it's a NICE bed. 4yr old DD will get a ballerina wind-up jewelry box that I found on the internet. I remember having one just like it...brings back memories. And the other biggy for her is going to be a Wow Wee Alive Lion Cub. She is so infatuated with those.

What do they REALLY want? Other than a Wow Wee Cub...She really wants a huge pink kids car but we have no room for it in the garage, and they're super expensive.

If you're waiting-Do you have a traditional way of celebrating your waiting child into each Christmas that passes?
This is a question that I recently asked myself, so I posed it here to see what responses come up, for ideas. I think we're going to start getting one Christmas present and an ornament that represents our thoughts about her til she comes home.