Christmas ups and downs

Saturday was the ward Christmas party. It was a lot of fun. Reagan was so excited when he got to sit on Santa's lap. Santa gave both boys a couple of candy canes and he gave Benson a plane and Reagan a Spiderman car. Reagan was very proud of his toy. He went up to every person he knew at the party and showed them what Santa gave him. I even saw him showing a few people that I'm sure he didn't know.
Reagan is getting excited for Christmas. We keep asking him if he want to go ahead and open one of his presents now. He always gets mad and yells "No, it's not Christmas!"
We been talking to Reagan trying to make sure he understands why it is we celebrate Christmas. We keep thinking he is understanding and then he says something else that we have to correct him on so his Christmas won't be too disappointing.
The first thing he said was "Grammie is going to come see me at Christmas." (Easy to see why he thought that. We have been talking about being able to see her again as one of the gifts Christ gave us.)
Then last night before going to bed Reagan was telling Abe how excited he is for Christmas. He can't wait until he wakes up so he can build his snowman. Abe had to explain to Reagan that there will be no snow at our house on Christmas. It only snows in Idaho. We get to wear shorts and go to the park. People in Idaho don't get to do that. We will still have a fun Christmas anyways. (Easy to see why he would expect snow. He has always been in Boise in December and has always seen snow.)
This morning when Reagan woke up I asked him how many more sleeps until Christmas. With a disappointed look Reagan said "We don't get Christmas in Texas. Only Idaho people get Christmas." I told Reagan that we would still have Christmas. Christmas is not snow. Christmas is Jesus' birthday. You don't have to have snow to have a birthday. Reagan then informed me that he needed to have snow to have his birthday. If he can't have snow he can't have his party now.