Bratty Kids, Holiday Version

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I think I will have a series of "Scrooge" posts before the holidays MyLot, and I hope you don't mind. If I do it, this can be the first one. At least my intent is noble - I would like to know how you guys cope with bratty kid behavior. We don't have very big holiday celebrations in my family, but the biggest one we go to does include some small children. Now most of them are nicely behaved little ones and any minor incidents even I can overlook as excitement from the big day. Except for this one little fella, - let's call him Chuckie (names changed to protect the not-so-innocent). Chuckie is 4 and it's bad enough that the adults in his life make a big, huge, hairy deal out of seemingly every. little. thing. he. does. For example "Chuckie changed shirts!!!!!!! *Squeal!* Oh. Everyone Stop and look at Chuckie! He changed his shirt all by himself! He is the smartest. He is the best. That shirt. Ohhh. Chuckie. Ooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Chuckie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow. Wow. What a precious darling boy and so smart for changing his shirt." *insert more shrieking, squealing and other loud, obnoxious noises here.* Now I can understand that parents, grandparents, etc may be excited when a child learns to do things. But when this starts happening 3, 4, times during a few hours.... "Chuckie put on shoes!" , "Chuckie played with his toy car!', etc..... I start getting annoyed. Because it's not a word or 2 of encouragement, it's a long drawn out , shriek-filled event that happens almost everytime the kid breathes or blinks his eyes.(Sarcasm) .... Almost like they won the lottery. Even that's not so bad, as Chuckie himself isn't producing the annoying behavior in those cases, but I do worry for his future if they don't sooner or later stop making such a big deal out of everything he does. Can this lead to Narcissism later in life? Maybe psychology buffs like our friend @TheHorse may know? What's bad is that last year at Christmas, Chuckie runs up to a guest who was seated on the floor and starts hitting him in the face with a backpack.... and no one stopped him. I didn't know the adult that he was beating up -- but I would have stopped him if it were me. I would have probably held his hands to told him that hitting isn't nice. I don't know. Am I a Scrooge, Mylotters? And how would you deal with such a child? Photo: Mine