Our children woke up excited and eager to see what wondrous treasures awaited them on Christmas morning. This made me think about the different types of gifts that are given, especially this time of year. There are gifts of practicality, like a new pair of shoes or clothes. There are gifts of pure pleasure, like that much wanted video game, or that precious new baby doll. There are gifts for the whole family to enjoy, like a weekend away, or a new pet to love. And then there are those utterly ridiculous, impractical, going to end up in the garbage in a few weeks type of gifts. But the pleasure that is derived for that brief moment in time from such gifts far outweigh the ridiculousness of the item.
We had one of those in the present pile. Selah loved the movie, "Tangled." So much so that she's watched it three times already, and would go again if I would let her. So when we saw this monstrosity, we threw our better judgement out the door and bought it. Looks harmless enough in the box. Notice how somewhat normal it looks on the little girl on the cover of the box.
Now look at it on Selah. Sigh. Not only does she look crazy, but there is 2 feet long shiny blonde hair all over my floor. On her clothes. On my clothes. On the furniture. Everywhere. But she's deliriously happy, so I can live with it.
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