• Santa's Lap Will Always Be the Same

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    The sparkle of a child’s eye is the same today as it was . . . . . . well . . . . .  when I was that child. The only difference is that today . . . . . the Santa’s lap request is anything with 3 letters . . . . . . DSS . . . . . . Wii . . . . . PBR (sorry, that one’s mine) . . . . . or names like . . . . . . bluetooth . . . . . . . blu ray . . . . . . . . . . i-pod . . . . . . and xbox. In my childhood, our Santa’s lap request was a pair of sneakers . . . . . . . army men . . . . . . or a model car (the kind you actually put together) . . . . . . . and if we were very good that year . . . we asked for pong.

     
    Today, kids want handheld games. We also wanted handheld games. But they were called a bat and ball . . . . frisbee . . . . . slinkie; it’s fun for girls and boys – slinkie, slinkie .etc, (too many commercials) . . . . and a baseball mitt,  with a can of oil for rubbing into the pocket. Kids, today entertain themselves for hours during a car trip by playing their individual handheld games . . . . . . . against each other . . . . . . . . without ever having to say a word . . . . . while another kid sitting in the car is watching a movie in hi def 1080P via satellite. I guess that would be more fun than playing “animals and billboards” or some of the other games we made up.
     
    Today’s interactive games are played right on your TV set. As if 400 channels aren’t enough. High graphic games with titles like Grand Theft Auto, World at War and Madden 2000 whatever . . . . . . being played against kids in china whom you will never meet. When we went looking for an interactive game, we would simply grab our baseball glove and head over to the school yard . . . . . . . give it a few minutes . . . . . . . . and a couple of “pick-up” teams would be formed. I don’t think I have seen a pick-up game . . . . . . . baseball . . . . . . . football . . . . . . . tag . . . . . . . or any other . . . . of any kind . . . . in years. If it isn’t a school or county program . . . . . . I’m not sure the kids would know what to do. You know . . . . . toss a bat in the air to see who has nobs.
     
    I don’t want to take things away from kids today . . . . . . . the sparkle in their eye is the same . . . . . . . . . the waiting in line for Santa’s lap is the same . . . . . . . . . . the hopes of getting what you ask for is still the same. It is simply a high tech version of new and improved gizmos and gadgets. I can’t wait to see what the future brings for them, but visiting Santa’s lap will always be the same.  
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