Journal entry: All I want for christmas is...underwear?

Calvin has been talking about what he wants for Chrismtas for many months now. I am on the fence about wether this is good or bad. On one hand he's been commercializing Christmas for that long and thinking "I want I want I want" while on the other hand he's been thinking "I want I want I want" instead of "I must have right now" so I'm leaning towards seeing this as good planning and patience. The other plus here is that the list is not long and has been exactly the same for all that time. He wants a microwave and coffee maker for his kitchen, an "El that moves with doors and people" (like El in Chicago, that is) and underwear. Why underwear? It's not that we're raising an overly pratical child, nor are we failing to meet his personal hygiene needs, but in the Hiller household we each always receive underwear (and usually socks) as one of our gifts and Calvin does not want to be left out.