What do your kids want for Christmas? I’ll never forget the year Matthew asked Santa for a drain. “A train?” Santa aked. “No,” Matthew said, “a drain.”
"A train?" "No, a drain."
I asked fans of A REGULAR GUY: GROWING UP WITH AUTISM on facebook to tell me about their child’s holiday wishes over the years. Here are some of my favorites:
- My son wants play dough (he makes incredible TINY sculptures) goldfish crackers and a hammer.
- Power bars, extension cords, a green light bulb, and Mike and Ikes.
- 18 books on all the different types of Mythology from South American to Chinese.
- A yellow sweat suit and a spatula. He wanted to be a fry cook like Sponge Bob.
- My son asked for a thermometer, so he could know the temperature of the air at all time.
- I was helping my son write his letter to Santa, the first thing he said he wanted from Santa was peanuts.
- A waffle.
- Last Christmas my son asked for a garbage disposal. This Christmas it’s carpet- any kind of carpet.
- My 18 year old son is into anything and everything related to AC/DC which is a age appropriate until one realizes the degree of obsessiveness involved.
- DVD boxes, not the DVDs themselves.
- My 24 year old asked for dish soap.
- A calendar, Pop Tarts and drum sticks.
What are your children wishing for?