So do we believe in this guy or not?
Anna has been hedging her bets in recent years when it comes to Santa Claus. She tells us solemnly that he isn't real... and then she writes him a letter. Here are the kids visiting with the Jolly One on the day we went out to get our Christmas trees:
We've always been pretty direct with the kids about Santa Claus being a fictional character. Our conversation took on a new urgency a year or two ago when Anna suddenly became afraid of being anywhere in the house by herself at Christmastime. It took us a while to figure out that she was worried she would find herself alone in a room with a big old fat guy who was breaking and entering.
We've always been pretty direct with the kids about Santa Claus being a fictional character. Our conversation took on a new urgency a year or two ago when Anna suddenly became afraid of being anywhere in the house by herself at Christmastime. It took us a while to figure out that she was worried she would find herself alone in a room with a big old fat guy who was breaking and entering.
