In the van on the way home from helping decorate my parents' tree:
"Mom, I think I believe in Santa Claus..."
Great. Here we go again. Our six-year-old Santa Skeptic, thinking too much.
"But I am just not sure Santa is actually the guy who delivers all the presents."
"Okay, so who do you think does?"
"Well, it could just be some regular person. Like, maybe Santa is just a character made up so no one knows who the real person is."
"But how could a regular person deliver ALL those presents? I mean, it has to be someone magical, don't you think?"
"It could be a lot of people, with helicopters or something."
"But Santa has been the same for hundreds of years...and he lives forever. Whoever delivers the presents would probably have to be like that, right?"
"Okay, so maybe Santa is just a character we all believe in and there's really someone else--like maybe even a girl--who doesn't want anyone to know who she is. And she lives forever."
"Hmmm. I think you're on to something here. And I guess we'll never really know who Santa is, huh?"
Silence. But I can practically hear the wheels turning in the seat behind me.
"I wonder what her name is."
"Well, since we don't know, maybe we could just call her 'Santa.'"
2 comments:
I know how much you want to perpetuate the Santa thing to her... but it seems to me that your days are numbered. She is just WAY over-thinking this process and I am afraid Santa can't hold out much longer.
Or you could call her Mom, because she is pretty magical.
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