Christmas was a lot of fun with me, husband, kid, my dad and step-mom at our apartment. My little girl (almost 4) had a great time and handled herself beautifully considering all the excitement and sugar (I think she ate about 20 candy canes) and not a lot of sleep. We did have one incident on Christmas Eve though that really embarrassed me for some reason, and I'm wondering how other people would have handled it.

My step-mom (who is not a kid person in general, but is crazy about my daughter and vice versa) told her she could open one present on Christmas Eve. We decided she should open a movie they'd got her (Ratatouille) so she could have something relaxing to do before bed. So she opened it enough to see what it was, and immediately threw it down and said she didn't want it, and could she open another. When I told her no she started throwing a fit. I was really embarrassed, even though I know that she is little, was tired, oversugared and overexcited, doesn't (and shouldn't to some degree) understand the subtle graces of receiving gifts, how to be grateful, tell white lies to avoid hurting feelings, etc.

I took her into her room and talked to her a little bit about how when someone gives you a gift you should say "thank you" and that even if you feel disappointed by the gift you should try not to hurt the gift-givers feelings. She calmed down and I apologized to my step-mom (not in front of the kid) but the whole thing left me feeling bad - I felt like a bad mom for having a kid who acted like a brat for getting a present they didn't like, but I also felt like a bad mom for feeling embarrassed/mad at my kid for just being a kid.

What do you guys think? What would you have done? Would it even have bothered you?