It's only July, but my girls already have Christmas on the brain.
Yesterday, out of the blue, my daughter asked me,
Mommy, who leaves Santa presents in his stocking?
After a short pause, I returned with:
Probably the reindeer.
She responded,
They can't, Mommy, they stay on the rooftop.
So I tried again,
Then the elves probably do it.
To which she retorted,
They're too short to reach the stocking, Mommy!
Grasping for straws, I reasoned,
It must be Mrs. Claus.
She paused and concluded,
He must get a lot of coal in his stocking, Mommy, because it's a wife's job to always remind him that he's been bad, right?
Hmm, I guess I've been doing my "job" a little too well around our house.
I knew I should've just said that the Easter Bunny fills Santa's stocking.
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I'm sad b/c Sofia knows that Santa is a myth. She would have believed forever, but the kids in her class wouldn't let her. When she couldn't avoid acknowleding the truth any longer, she was sad too; she asked if we could still put her presents out under the tree and call her down to see them, so we still go through the motions at least. Problem is, now she wants "under the tree" presents AND boxes from me and her daddy too!
It makes me sad to think that my girls will stop believing all too soon as well. A good bit of the magic disappears from the holiday once Santa is removed from the picture. I had almost forgotten how much fun and special that time was until I had little ones of my own. Actually, I think it's even more fun watching them believe than when I experienced it myself as a child.
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