How Does Santa Get In?

When my children were very small I was concerned  about “confusing” them with Santa, so I decided it would be best to just let them know that Santa MAY not be real.  They were so young, I really don’t know if they even remember it.  But, a year or two later, I felt like I’d robbed them of some of the joy of being a child at Christmas, so I started leaving a few gifts from “Santa”. 

One year, I packed a bunch of stuff into those HUGE gift bags… you know, the ones that are like the 55 gallon trash bags.  After the boys got done opening all their presents I asked David what the big bags were.  He said “I don’t know.” We went on for a while pretending we didn’t know where they came from and they quickly opened them to find lots of gifts from a “mystery giver”. Kale and Tyler looked at each other and said, “Maybe it was Santa?!”

So fun.

We don’t have a fireplace in our house, so when the kids asked how Santa could get in, I had to come up with something, so I said, “He comes in through the shower head.”  Of course.

I’m quick that way!

We had a lot of fun trying to totally confuse them as to the truth behind Old St. Nick, I think they might’ve figured it out after all this time.  Although, I have the feeling “Santa” may have a gift or two under the tree again this year.

Time has sure flown by.  My boys are now almost 22 and almost 20!  Here they were just yesterday – their first Christmas:

Kale 1987 (Just looking at his little hands makes me cry)

Tyler 1989 (I’m loving the little candy cane sleeper)

Oh, how I wish we could turn back the clock a few years!!