Why Do We Spend Money on Christmas Gifts?

After our air shipment arrived in 4 huge boxes, my kids have had the most fun yesterday and today playing with, not their Christmas presents, but the empty boxes. We have turned them on their sides and decorated them as bungalows. They are complete with door mats, flags, flower boxes for the windows, flowers growing outside, custom made pictures on the inside, and I even rigged up some of the lamps K's company rented for us. Now the kids can decorate the insides with the doors closed - OOOOOh! I'll take pictures when our sea shipment arrives with my camera cords. (We're always waiting on something right now!)