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By Laurae Lyster-Mensh
Times Newspapers Writer
If November is too early for most adults to prepare for the December holidays, imagine what it must be like for preschoolers, who aren’t entirely sure what month this is.
Judging from the responses at two preschools in Fauquier County, local parents should be prepared to unwrap some interesting gifts next month. Students at two of the oldest preschools in the area were recently interviewed on the topic of the upcoming holidays.
Jack and Jill School, established in 1960, and the Boxwood School, which has been welcoming children for 30 years, asked their students to answer the question: “What are you giving for the holidays this year?”
Mothers, brace yourselves for a bundle of joy. A number of children were unhesitating in their belief that what mommy really needs most is another baby.
Jill, 4, is giving a doll and a doll blanket. Her friend, Katie, agrees, and plans to have a party to present it. Five-year-old Nicole, who knows what next month is (“Christmas!”), thinks her mother will be very glad to receive something called Baby Bom, so I hope her mother doesn’t mix it up and give Nicole the same thing.
Fathers, you’ve been typecast. You will be receiving tools.
Alex’s dad should expect a hammer, although he may be envious of the more whimsical item his wife is getting: “A really big marble!”
Sara agrees that tools are the thing for her dad, but she’s not buying anything for mom. “I’m going to make her a picture.”
The whole holiday season is a bit theoretical to most of the children interviewed. Halloween, their most recent holiday, loomed large. Several students insisted that Christmas was a holiday for eating candy, and Dillon described Santa Claus going from door to door saying
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