Another Christmas story....
Larry works contract a lot and it seems like in the past, right around Christmas, he'd get laid off. So one Christmas, he lost his job and money was kinda tight. I didn't know how I was going to get Christmas gifts for the kids. They were big enough that they'd realize if I chinzed on Christmas... so what to do, what to do??
Well, I scoured the house for anything I could sell and had a huge garage sale! I thought, whatever I made, I would use that for the kids' presents.
So after all the smoke cleared from the garage sale, I had a whopping $150.
That was going to be tough to spread between 3 kids!
Somehow, I managed to find sales, bargains, and other such treasures and got things wrapped.
It seemed like a skimpy Christmas and I needed something to make it more fun.
So I made a Scavenger Hunt for Christmas Day!
I hid the presents all around the house and made clues for each and every gift.
Christmas morning came and we had the most fun! The kids loved finding all their presents (almost more than the actual presents!)
It was a wonderful Christmas after all!
Reminds me of one of my favorite Christmas movies:
"He puzzled and puzzled till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before. Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more!"
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