Thank You Christmas Tree

In the spirit of teaching my 3 year old to be more grateful and appreciative for all his blessings (and toys) received this Holiday Season, as I took down the Christmas decorations and ornaments from our tree today, I said to him,

"Shouldn't we say Thank You to the Christmas tree? Say Thank You Christmas tree for keeping my toys safe, for having a place for Santa to place my presents, and for making my house more beautiful."

So he did. He said Thank You Christmas Tree for keeping my presents safe.

Then, after I finished putting everything away and the Christmas tree was completely bare again, we began to drag it outside for disposal.

My son screamed from the window:

"Thank You Christmas Tree."

Ahhh...I was touched. The first time I had prompted him to say Thank You. But it had been well over an hour since this exercise when he himself said Thank You to our Christmas tree all on his own.

There's hope that our future generation is more grateful and appreciative. Next time you take your tree down, ask your kids to say Thank You to the tree. It's a nice exercise in teaching them to be more grateful.