He is 8.
I was hoping for another year, but no.
I explained to Son that now that he knew about Santa, he had to become part of the Christmas magic.
Yesterday I took the kids to Target.
They each brought money that they had earned.
Each of them picked out a toy.
Son a cute stuffed animal. Daughter a small art desk.
We took them to the library where they are having a toy drive.
Son looked longingly at stuffed animal and gave it to the woman collecting toys.
As we walked back to the car I told Son that on Christmas morning some little boy will see that stuffed animal under their tree and think Santa put it there.
" Wow!!" he exclaimed through a HUGE smile.
Maybe not believing in Santa is not such a sad thing after all!
1 comment:
OMG I did the same thing with Bryant when he learned that there was no man that would come in the middle of the night to place presents under the tree. I told him everyone who gives is Santa, and told him that Santa lives in our hearts like an angel and we then donated a favorite toy he picked out with his money and we donated it to toys for tots!!! We do this every year.
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