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Want Need Wear Read Ideas for “4 Gifts for Christmas” Tradition
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Looking to do the Want Need Wear Read 4 gifts for Christmas rule this year? Keep reading to discover some Want Need Wear Read ideas! This post is sponsored by BabbleBoxx and the brands reviewed below.
Some years your kids want everything for Christmas. Other years they don’t seem to really want anything.
Or at least that is our problem this year.
One of our daughters has on multiple occasions said that she’ll be happy with whatever she gets because she already has the best gift – her family. No joke, this is what she said to Santa Claus when she sat on his lap during our SeaWorld Christmas Celebration trip.
My son has only said he wants a big blue ball. You know, those ones that you find in those giant cages in the middle of the aisle of large department stores? Yeah. He wants that.
But, I also want to gift my children presents…. and to splurge on them just a little bit as I don’t much during the year. I still want their Christmas mornings to be magical and pick gifts that really matter.
So while I do like to limit Christmas gifts intentionally, I also like to have a framework as to what to buy my children.
4 Gifts for Christmas Rule
There is a very popular four gift Christmas trend going on these days, where you limit gift-giving (at least to your immediate family) to four gifts, where each gift fulfills a specific gift parameter. These parameters are to give:
Something they want
Something they need
Something to wear
Something to read
This is sometimes popular with people who aren’t overly religious (as opposed to the 3 gift Christmas rule of gold frankincense and myrrh gifts) or simply like the parameters most often associated with the four Christmas gift ideas.
As my oldest kids are growing like weeds and can now read much more confidently, I really do like the idea of this four gift tradition as it covers a lot of items.
Plus, my kids love awesome new books, new clothes, and of course things they want and need.
I thought it would be helpful though to give a few suggestions as to what some good want need wear read gifts look like. So, here we go!
The “Something They Want” Gift
The “something they want” gift is the “big item”, the Santa present, the expensive (or not so expensive) thing your child really wants. This is often some sort of toy or plaything.
While a lot of people have different views and opinions on what a “need” gift is, this item is something your child needs (however you choose to define need).
If you have babies, a fun way to get some things you need regularly is through things like a baby subscription box which often deliver things like books, developmental toys, clothes, or eating supplies to you regularly.
Because parents like to encourage literacy and a love of reading (and as homeschoolers this is even truer), gifting a book can be fun and rewarding in many ways (though one of my friends said she didn’t like this idea, as she much prefers using the public library).
Finding the perfect book that your son or daughter will truly love to receive on Christmas morning is the real challenge here, however!
I know some people like to do a whole Christmas book advent calendar where their children receive a brand new book over the course of the 24 days leading up to Christmas. Many like to gift children’s Christmas books for this.
There are loads of popular book series and ideas, and it will totally depend on your child, their reading levels, their interest, etc. etc.
And if you don’t like physical books, you can consider something on my list of audiobooks for family road trips for a ton of great listening books (and they’d be good reads too, obviously).
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The “Something to Wear” Gift
Because we wear a lot of items, this gift parameter offers a lot of freedom.
Another cool idea for the “something to wear gift” is to gift them a clothing subscription box!
I’ve written about several clothing subscription boxes and clothing websites, so take a look at the different options available for the child or adult you are shopping for and gift them a gift card, or just order them a box or two.
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Mario says
As a parent, I love a book and if it is a gift book is perfect for all, as it is one of the best friends