The Moth Podcast: Gifts and Gratitude

154.494 - 183.229 Stephanie Garibaldi

I have always hated visiting the mall Santa. As a shy kid, I much preferred writing a letter. It seemed much more civilized than sitting on a strange man's lap and making demands. My parents would drag me anyway, and when Santa would invariably ask what I wanted for Christmas, I would just mumble something like, whatever you have in the sleigh is fine. As a parent, it wasn't any better.