First 5 Nevada County’s Blog

posted by Carol White

My mom just send me a funny article from the San Jose Mercury News titled, “For Christmas this year, it’s all about managing expectations.“  Mike Cassidy writes about trying to convince his family that this year Christmas is going to be like the Whos down in Whoville, holding hands and singing with no presents at all.  I really enjoyed it.

There’s also a great article on the First 5 web site by Lindsay Dunckel called “Please can you buy it for me?  Our children as consumers and what you can do about it.“  Read the article.

You have my best wishes if you are trying to scale back this Christmas. I know I’d love to have my holiday be more about spending time together, and less about “getting more stuff.”