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Subscribe to RSSWhat's the best part about Christmas morning with kids? Is it the excitement on their faces? The heartfelt "thank you mommy/daddy/Santa!" when they open their gifts? Or could it be the blissful silence that settles over the house as they contentedly play with their new toys?
As TODAY Moms reader Nicole Powers Sakaitis said, "I hope never to hear 'I'm bored' anytime soon."
Now that's a gift that keeps on giving! On our TODAY Moms Facebook page, we asked how your kids reacted to opening their holiday presents, and got some adorable stories. Here are some of your sweetest and funniest replies:
Amanda 'Long' Stone My parents bought my son a box of cars fruit snacks (he is a little crazy about fruit snacks). He took off the wrapping and excitedly screamed "Look! I got a box!!" And didn't even care what was inside :)
Nikki Cousinaw Our three year old came out of her bedroom to see the presents under the tree and promptly did a facepalm. Hah. It was HILARIOUS.
Colleen Steves My two year old was amazed by every present and said "tank you" several times. I thought my heart would explode.
Michele Merritt Holloman My kids were blessed with a very good Christmas, however when my 11 yr old opened her portable dvd player she almost cried---she will use this to watch movies in her hospital bed when she has her 12th surgery next month---many thanks to her Mommom who helped :-}
Jennifer Stutts-Pruski My kids were very happy. It was even sweeter to hear them keep saying "Thank you!!!" to Santa and me. My 7 year old son even waited for his 3 year old sister to wake up before he tore into anything!
Michelle Alvarez Dean My 15 month old son wasn't quite sure what to do with the wrapping paper, almost like he didn't want to make a mess. I think his favorite gift was also the least expensive, a broom and dustpan!! He's been sweeping since he got it and as soon as he sees me sweep he grabs it. Love him!!
Jessica Smith Bolyard After an hour of opening presents and playing with them, my nearly three year old daughter, looked at me and my husband and said, "It is Christmas YET?"
Daryl Ayala My son got almost everything he asked Santa for. This is the 2nd Christmas out of 4 that my husband has been deployed and I always try and make it extra special for our 3 year old. His birthday was just 8 days prior so I saved a lot of the really good gifts for Christmas. Mostly Cars items, of course, but what I think his best present was: a t shirt saying 'I'm the BIG brother'!! It was the perfect way to announce my pregnancy :)
Jamie Bishop Every year my sister in law buys all of the kids pajamas to open on Christmas Eve. Last night my 2 year old sat in my lap as we opened it together and as soon as she discovered what they were she lost it... she ran from person to person SCREAMING I love pajamas and jumping up and down. Cutest Christmas moment ever!
Teresa Curtis Kaspar Best reaction was son spending seven hours yesterday putting his new Legos together and he was not going to stop until they were complete!
Heather Thomas Rowa Our kids did not get their "big gift" yet this year, but they didn't even mention any disappointment about it. They have been so thankful and it warms my heart! (the gifts were sold out)
Lori Frownfelter Our little boy will be three in January and he just loved tearing open the packages and yelling OH WOW! Then he wants to play with it and we had to coax him to open the others. When he was done he had just really gotten the hang of it all!...! He really loves everything. Our 14 and 22 year daughters had so much fun helping get things ready for him and each other. We all had a great Christmas. Our oldest daughter and her husband and. our first granddaughter came over in the afternoon to spend the rest of the day. It was a beautiful Christmas!!
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my nearly 15 months old son always go near the tree and starts to rip off the gifts which not even belong to him,its his sister! he found a gift is a bag that is really for him,starts to pulled out papers and found a guitar.everytime he strumthe strings and make a sound he is dancing:)!
This is my 20 month old son's second Christmas, and he couldn't have cared less about presents... He walked into the living room, right past the tree and the gifts, and grabbed the controller for the PS3 and asked to watch "Dora" instead! To see the TV, he even had to stand on his tiptoes to look over a particularly large present! I hadn't laughed so hard in days
I think the best part is watching my young nephews sharing their toys with each other.
This is our first Christmas without a child of any age in the home. They're all officially grown and moved out. I have to say, it's rather a let down. Even my hubby, AKA Scrooge, commented that Christmas is better with kids in the picture.
Christmas is all about being excited for others opening their presents. I know I am truly blessed in my outlook. I just want for others. My step-daughter opened many related gifts and I had just as much excitement helping her tie it all together. Maybe more.
I was overjoyed just to be with my family. Presents were skimpy this year due to medical bills, layoffs, and expensive travel but it didn't matter because at the end of the day, all the family was together. We even drove through a blizzard for six hours to see them and it made it all the more joyful when we arrived. :)
My granddaughter, whose 2nd birthday was a week before Christmas, decided she'd had enough of opening presents - she wanted to play with what she had. When her mom handed her a gift, my granddaughter said, "No presents," and put it back under the tree.
There are no small children in my family anymore either. The teens received gift cards and/or money. The highlight of my day was when we went to a friend's house and their granddaughter came over to open the gifts she received from them. I think I had as much fun as she did as she opened them ...ooohs and aaahs.
My 3 year old nephew was explaining to us how there were so many new presents on Christmas morning and said, "That Santa sure is a sneaky guy!"
My favorite holiday memory this year was watching my parent's lab, Jackson, and his present. Jackson "gave" a present to my stepdad, and inside the bag was a rawhide bone, which my stepdad gave back to Jackson. The rest of the day (I mean hours) he strutted around the house showing everyone his bone. He was so proud. It made my heart happy!
My best moment was when my six year old said "This is the best Christmas ever!". I was glad to hear it because we tried really hard to get him what we could from his list. Some we were able to afford and some we weren't. I worried that he would be disappointed but he didn't even notice that anything was missing! He was way too excited about what he did get. I think we as parents stress too much about the list! We should remember to just enjoy the day with them!
My four year old walked out of the bedroom, saw the presents under the tree and asked my mom, "How did Santa DO that?" with a look of genuine awe on his face. His 5 year old brother looked at him and said "Santa's magic, brother!" funny as hell!
I LOVE these wonderful, positive stories! The media usually focuses on the negative ones like greedy kids and stolen presents.... I think parents who teach their kids the meaning of sharing and compassion have a lot more experiences like the ones written here.
My kids are adopted and they are now 18 and 19. This year I got them the biggest present of all.
A month before Christmas I told them there was a special visitor coming for Christmas. So for the entire month before Christmas, we went over the house with a fine tooth comb, cleaning, dusting, polishing, vacuuming, dusting again, all the time the kids trying to figure out who was coming. It was driving them crazy (hehehe).
Christmas Eve day came I left the house and came back with the kids biological sister and her 18 month old son. My daughter cried for a good 10 minutes and my son just stood there speechless. My wife and I just stood there smiling at each other. We spent about 6 hours together that day, talking and laughing and crying. It was a good day.
This was one of the best Christmases that we have had as a family.