Conversation with my granddaughter:
Me: “Are you anxious for Christmas?”
Her: (Pause) “No.”
Me: “What? You aren’t anxious for Christmas?”
Her: (Pause) “Wait! What does anxious mean?”
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I can imagine that conversation. I have had similar ones with our grandson. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Christmas is all about the little ones!
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Cute! Perhaps “excited” may have been a better word? 😉
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I think you are correct. She probably wondered if I thought she was worried.
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Love this 💜
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Great! I loved the double check just in case her first answer might have interfered with your’s
or possibly Santa’s Christmas Spirit.
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I think my wording tripped her up!
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You better work on your dictionary and find a better word for the excitement, inability to sleep at night, countless dreams and the fear that perhaps they were ‘good enough child’, or that Santa might mix up names in the lists, or that may be, just may be…he might forget their address…
They are Santa-xious.
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My youngest granddaughter who is 3 was definitely Santa-xious worrying about him coming down the chimney and in her house while she was sleeping. I don’t ever remember that type of anxiousness as a child, but it is a different world.
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My daughter is three. So, I understand her to some level. Children are more aware, more intelligent, and spend more time indoors. Hence the never-ending energy along with Christmas excitement can be overwhelming
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Yes, and living in this pandemic year increases their anxiousness.
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Anxious reminds me of anxiety and worry. It’s great that she asked for clarification.
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I definitely chose the wrong word which threw her for a loop.
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Funny how words can have so many different meanings or connotations.
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True. One of Webster’s definitions is “ardently or earnestly wishing” but 2020 has definitely colored anxious in one particular way I think.
This has definitely been a grandmother learning moment – or as my mom used to say – Choose your words wisely.
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