My kids are now 17 and 20 but for years I was the bestest Santa. I would wrap their presents in their own paper (one red, one green) including the stocking stuff. I would disguise my handwriting to be Santa. AND I would number the presents so they would open similar gifts at the same time. I didn't want one to see the Transformer before the other saw his. Well....they now tell everyone what an anal retentive mom they have! And I thought I was being "good"!! Alexis
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DebbieH
Cathlete
Alexis, that is sooo funny. I have to admit, I disguised my writing too! Our "Santa" wrote real big and kind of sloppy! Did you always save the bestest gift for last too? We'd actually hide ours in a different room so they'd think they weren't getting that special one they wanted. How cruel is that!?!?
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Bobbi
Cathlete
I write letters as Santa and take a bite out of cookies and eat carrots (for the reindeer) and pour out half a cup of warm milk. I still have that 6 year-old who's belief in the Big Guy is so exciting to him! Where can I get a lump of coal. I can really have fun with him if I had all his presents and give him that. Then I can accuse him of bing a bad boy and demand to know what he has done. Waa haaa ha. He lost his first tooth today!
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Here you are! I considered the coal thing too but then I thought of all the shrink bills and said, nnaaaaahhh. I have a tooth fairy story too! What a surprise! When my youngest, Micah, lost his first tooth I told him the tooth fairy story. About how the fairy would come and take the tooth and leave a surprise under his pillow. He looked very concerned and said, "Are you serious? Throw the tooth away!"
My little guy almost "caught" the tooth fairy. She had already sprinkled "fairy dust" (glitter) on the floor leading up to his bed when he woke up. Mama (thinking fast) said, "I think I just saw the tooth fairy. And look, she's dropped her bag of fairy dust!" Ohmigosh, it was ON! This was just after midnight, and he didn't get back to sleep until the wee hours. He was sooooo excited! The fairy had left him a "fairy dollar," one of those old silver dollars with the picture of the woman in flowing robes. (The "fairy" connection hadn't even occurred to us.) We spent hours and hours talking about the magical possibilities of lost fairy dust and whether it would work for mere mortals and if there were magic words that had to be said and on and on. It's a magical memory that I'll never forget, although he probably has already.
Shari
Shari
Bobbi
Cathlete
This is fun!
My daughters were just getting to the age and becoming too sophisticated for belief in Santa when along came Sam. (Oops!) I enjoy Christmas with a believer! His delight is so genuine, his belief so true, that I almost feel it too! We held our for years longer than jaded kids these days can! My folks rocked when it came to Christmas magic! My granny was a devout Christian lady who, when she got ancient, decided that Santa eclipsed Christ and the true meaning of Christmas and was inappropriate. It was one of the few times my gentle and deeply respectful mother ever dug in her heels and said no to her mother, we should be allowed the magic SHE remembered. I am so thankful that I do not have to raise thirteen kids in todays high tech world. The simplicity of then made it possible for my folks to create beautiful memories for us!
When I think of the tooth fairy I chuckle over my now 22 year-old nephew Nathaniel. When he lost his first tooth and his mother told him to expect a visit from the tooth fairy, he was horrified and terrified at the idea of a tiny creature sneaking into his room, close to his head and leaving somehthiig under his pillow! I also love the Nathaniel tale of his mom rocking him and singing lullabies to him. She looked down to see his big eyes scrunched tightly closed and his tiny fingers rammed into his ears with all his might. Her singing voice is really painful to listen to!
I can't wait for Christmas morning. Sam is so excited it can't get here soon enough. He has been telling everyone he meets Merry Christmas and Happy Chanukkah and he has the spirit!
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My daughters were just getting to the age and becoming too sophisticated for belief in Santa when along came Sam. (Oops!) I enjoy Christmas with a believer! His delight is so genuine, his belief so true, that I almost feel it too! We held our for years longer than jaded kids these days can! My folks rocked when it came to Christmas magic! My granny was a devout Christian lady who, when she got ancient, decided that Santa eclipsed Christ and the true meaning of Christmas and was inappropriate. It was one of the few times my gentle and deeply respectful mother ever dug in her heels and said no to her mother, we should be allowed the magic SHE remembered. I am so thankful that I do not have to raise thirteen kids in todays high tech world. The simplicity of then made it possible for my folks to create beautiful memories for us!
When I think of the tooth fairy I chuckle over my now 22 year-old nephew Nathaniel. When he lost his first tooth and his mother told him to expect a visit from the tooth fairy, he was horrified and terrified at the idea of a tiny creature sneaking into his room, close to his head and leaving somehthiig under his pillow! I also love the Nathaniel tale of his mom rocking him and singing lullabies to him. She looked down to see his big eyes scrunched tightly closed and his tiny fingers rammed into his ears with all his might. Her singing voice is really painful to listen to!
I can't wait for Christmas morning. Sam is so excited it can't get here soon enough. He has been telling everyone he meets Merry Christmas and Happy Chanukkah and he has the spirit!
http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/user.gif Bobbi
I was sooo good as Santa, that my oldest only wanted a picture of him for Christmas. So I cut a pic out and it was there for him (along with the 1/2 glass of milk and cookie crumbs)in the morning. The child was crushed that Santa didn't understand he wanted a photo! I love those memories.
Bobbi, you are so lucky to still be able to play with this. My "old" guys still sit with us on Christmas Eve and want US to read Night Before Christmas and Polar Express. And we have a real sleighbell that we ring to make sure we can all still hear it. Oh, I have to go hug them now..... Alexis
Bobbi, you are so lucky to still be able to play with this. My "old" guys still sit with us on Christmas Eve and want US to read Night Before Christmas and Polar Express. And we have a real sleighbell that we ring to make sure we can all still hear it. Oh, I have to go hug them now..... Alexis
DebD
Cathlete
My boys are 12 & 14 and I have never really said there is no santa, but of course they don't believe. Each year I always make reference to Santa and what do they want Santa to get them? This year my 12 yr. old said "Mom when are you going to get past this Santa thing?" and I replied I will always believe.
On another note my last dog would eat the cookies, carrots & milk we left Santa. She also ate a few eggs the Easter Bunny had hidden. After that year we didn't let her follow us while we hid them.
Happy Holidays!
Debbie
On another note my last dog would eat the cookies, carrots & milk we left Santa. She also ate a few eggs the Easter Bunny had hidden. After that year we didn't let her follow us while we hid them.
Happy Holidays!
Debbie
Bobbi
Cathlete
Debbie, the last time I hid Easter eggs my daughters were tiny and our dog, Buster, the same guy who peed on our Christmas tree, ate them and left me a surprise for Easter. Diarrhea instead of hidden eggs. It was so baaaad. I switched to plastic eggs with candy in them!
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http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/user.gif Bobbi
DebbieH
Cathlete
Bobbi!
We used to take bites out of the cookies too and drink half of the milk! The kids got the biggest kick out of thinking Santa took time to eat too. (Did the carrots for the reindeer too!) Which reminds me of another fun time we had with our son when he was little...We had driven thru McDonald's drive-thru one time. We had just told the kids that someone on the news had reported that the Ham-burglar had been spotted in town and to "Look Out" if you saw bites out of your hamburger. Well, being as young as he was, I was able to open his burger, take a bite real quick, wrap it back up and then handed the kids their food to the backseat. All of a sudden, Jonathan yelled, "SOMEONE took a bite out of my hamburg!" I prededed to say, "No way!" We kept this up for about 5 minutes us telling him that HE had taken the bite! He was beside himnself that the Ham-burglar had actually eaten some of his burger!!! Cruel parents, I know!!!
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We used to take bites out of the cookies too and drink half of the milk! The kids got the biggest kick out of thinking Santa took time to eat too. (Did the carrots for the reindeer too!) Which reminds me of another fun time we had with our son when he was little...We had driven thru McDonald's drive-thru one time. We had just told the kids that someone on the news had reported that the Ham-burglar had been spotted in town and to "Look Out" if you saw bites out of your hamburger. Well, being as young as he was, I was able to open his burger, take a bite real quick, wrap it back up and then handed the kids their food to the backseat. All of a sudden, Jonathan yelled, "SOMEONE took a bite out of my hamburg!" I prededed to say, "No way!" We kept this up for about 5 minutes us telling him that HE had taken the bite! He was beside himnself that the Ham-burglar had actually eaten some of his burger!!! Cruel parents, I know!!!
Your-Friend-In-Fitness, DebbieH http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/wavey.gif[/img] If You Get The Choice To Sit It Out Or Dance...I Hope You DANCE!!!
Bobbi
Cathlete
RE: Bobbi!
I love it! Dosen't this sort of loving trickery give you a little wicked delight? Sam came down yesterday morning, dragging his comforter behind him. When he was done with it, I asked him to take it back to his room but he wanted to just one more thing first. So, I said do it now, because if you forget, and you probably will, it could mean that infamous lump of coal. He got destracted and forgot so I took it up and he was in my room so I stopped, stuck my head in the door and said, "Three words for you, lump of coal." His big eyes got bigger and he carried on for a few minutes, making excuses and devasted at the thougt of making the naughty list and receiving coal! I left musing maybe it wasn't such a bad thing since we'd probably build a fire and laughing with parental satisfaction. I can use that to get him to be better about following through becasue Santa comes b ack each year! My kids are so darned dramatic. I have no idea where they get that!
I was laughing last night thinking about all of this. A few years back, I started labelling the most desired gifts that went on the list to Santa as from Santa and the rest from mom and dad. My husband didn't like the idea of Santa getting credit for what he paid for with his hours of labor! I can't believe I didn't get the over did it speech last night when I laid it all out!
http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/xmas/xmassmile.gif Bobbi
I love it! Dosen't this sort of loving trickery give you a little wicked delight? Sam came down yesterday morning, dragging his comforter behind him. When he was done with it, I asked him to take it back to his room but he wanted to just one more thing first. So, I said do it now, because if you forget, and you probably will, it could mean that infamous lump of coal. He got destracted and forgot so I took it up and he was in my room so I stopped, stuck my head in the door and said, "Three words for you, lump of coal." His big eyes got bigger and he carried on for a few minutes, making excuses and devasted at the thougt of making the naughty list and receiving coal! I left musing maybe it wasn't such a bad thing since we'd probably build a fire and laughing with parental satisfaction. I can use that to get him to be better about following through becasue Santa comes b ack each year! My kids are so darned dramatic. I have no idea where they get that!
I was laughing last night thinking about all of this. A few years back, I started labelling the most desired gifts that went on the list to Santa as from Santa and the rest from mom and dad. My husband didn't like the idea of Santa getting credit for what he paid for with his hours of labor! I can't believe I didn't get the over did it speech last night when I laid it all out!
http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/xmas/xmassmile.gif Bobbi