Random thoughts about Christmas

As a child, I never wanted clothes as a gift. That was the kind of thing
you got bad kids, I thought. I, usually like other kids my age, wanted
toys, but my grandfather would always say "You can't cover your ass with
toys and go to school!" Either he just didn't get it, didn't appreciate
grandchildren, or thought of us as an extra expense he felt he shouldn't
have to pay because mom didn't have a job and we were on welfare and
kind of depended on her parents to help us with things like clothes.