For me Christmas had been about receiving gifts. I can remember getting together with friends to compare who got the best gift. And for some reason someone always had something better. No matter how good of a Christmas I thought I had, someone always one upped me.
This year Christmas became less about getting things and more about love and the joy that we get when we give gifts to someone. Ellen taught me that. I gave her a dancing Elmo doll. Seeing the joy and excitment on her face when she saw Elmo sing its song was enough for me. Her face lit up. Her excitment in opening gifts and maticulously giving away the strips of wrapping paper was joy to me. That was enough.