Friday, December 11, 2009

Santa???

So it has happened, the question about Santa....and it's all my fault. I was listening to the radio at home (okay I'll admit it, it was Dr. Laura, which I have now banned at our home) Some lady came on and asked Dr. Laura what to do because her son came home sad and told her that kids at school said that Santa wasn't real. I panicked and started running towards the radio to turn it off, before I got there Dr. Laura said, "of course he's not real!!" NOOO!!! Well I got it turned off and looked at Corbin. He looked up at me with the saddest face, "mom, is Santa not real?" Oh, no! Justin and I have talked about this before, we would not make a big deal about Santa and not try and convince them that he is real, that's lying, right? Well, sadly I took Corbin into the kitchen (away from Taylor, he was oblivious to the whole thing) I told Corbin well he's not an actual person that lives at the North pole, although there are people who are like Santa that are very giving and loving. Santa is the spirit of Christmas, the spirit of giving, that's what makes it magical. After a few more minutes of talking, I told Corbin that little children love to believe, so I asked him to please not tell Taylor. Well, no surprise, he jumps off the counter and says, "I'm gonna tell!!" He runs into their bedroom and tells Tay "SANTA'S NOT REAL" I was following close behind trying to stop it. Too late. Taylor looks up at Corbin with an even sadder face then Corbin had "Santa's not real." I was devistated...Christmas is ruined, the magical excitement is gone, the innocent belief that kids has is gone.... Well, Taylor thinks for a moment and then he say "YES HE IS!" Corbin says, "Okay!"

And there hasn't been talk of it since...that was a week ago!

So, I guess, for right now Santa is real...again... Levi wishes he wasn't...