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The Upside of a Smaller Christmas

by Rene Syler (Subscribe to Rene Syler's posts)
Dec 27th 2008 12:00PM

Filed under: Holidays

ParentDish is pleased to welcome Rene Syler to our team. Rene hosted CBS news' The Early Show from 2002 - 2006; she is the author of The Good Enough Mother, and is currently at work on her second book. You can spend more time with Rene at her web site.

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12-27-2008 @ 12:36PM

Leeanthro said...

Thanks Rene,

We scaled back this year, too. We opted for a lot of eco-friendly, personalized, and hand made gifts, which may have been a bit more pricey. But I felt good giving them. Our toddler got a train table and had no interest opening his three or four other small gifts.

And we asked relatives for books for our children rather than lots more toys.

We also simplified decorating. Our four-year-old daughter made the decorations for the tree. And I have to say that I really appreciated the simplicity. Not to mention that her construction paper ornaments were toddler-proof!

I think we are going to scale back from now on.

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