Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Addison Explains Santa so you don't have to!


We've been getting into the Halloween spirit and, somehow, Addison linked Santa to Halloween. While we were driving to Renton to get Halloween decorations, Addison decided that he had to figure this Santa thing out. I’ll paraphrase:


Mom, Santa has to buy money on Halloween.

Why?

So that he can buy toys for the ones that he can’t make.

Where does he go to buy the money?

He must go to the bank. On Halloween. He needs enough time to get on the Internet and buy the toys. And just go on the Internet. He uses his computer at the North Pole.

His elves help make presents. They also check the Internet to make sure all the toys are there at the Internet store.

He needs to call the person who has the toys at their house: the store grocers who get things that people need: and they will bring the toys to Santa at Christmas Eve. He just delivers presents on Christmas from his bag that just grows real big. And just at Christmas he needs to stay up all night. He always tells Rudolph he needs to stop going crazy and get to work. Rudolph likes to go crazy.

So how does Roudolph know how to fly?

Santa gets on a boat and sails across the water to where the reindeers live. He found them and named them and sprinkled magic dust on them.

How did he get the magic dust?

He and the elves made it.

How does he know which kids get presents?

Be good and not mean. I was good, and I letted you put my eyedrops in today. He can’t see the kids but he always thinks before Halloween and he just knows who is good. He doesn’t talk to God, he just knows.



So, kids, there it is. Y’all better be really good before Santa goes to the bank this Halloween!

1 comment:

Morgan, Rachel, and Jonathan Parrish said...

What a darling dialogue about Santa! That is definitely a conversation worth documenting. Tell him we will defnitely be good, especially before Halloween.

p.s. Have your kids decided what they want to be for Halloween?

My Mom

We wish Mom were still here to watch Alivia be pulled in the sled during our winter excursions in the Cascades. We miss her when we're playing: Stick Out Your Tongue When Dad Says, "Cheese!" with the new camera. I ache that she can't watch Alivia and Adison grow up. But we know her love stays with us and that Addison knows Nonni Angel will keep the bad dreams away every night.