Could it be he still believes?
He made that cranberry garland all by himself. (I don't usually cave and buy extra tree tops pretending to be trees, but he picked out that "tree" all by himself too and I couldn't resist those puppy-dog eyes when he begged and pleaded to have it. So this year we have four trees--or should I say one tree and three tree tops.)
Merry Christmas!
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Darned cute! I woulda thunk his name was Charlie by the looks of it ;o) Happy birthday too.
At least I'm not the only one with four trees :)
we never got the tops of the trees, but instead me and my little brother would pick up random branches off of the ground at the tree lots and put them in a little vase or cup and call them our own christmas trees. sometimes we would even put on an ornament or two that we would steal off the family tree. yup, we were white trash, but we loved it!!!
not believing isn't allowed at our house. I'm a believer!
Hope is a hard thing to kill. Did he leave the note someone hidden our out for you to find?
My daughter who is six came to me yesterday and said, Mom. I want you to tell me the honest-to-goodness, gospel truth. Is there a Santa Claus? Who puts things in my stocking?
I hemmed and hawed. She said, Am I too young to know,and too hard for you to explain and so you'll tell me when I'm older? (Something I've said before on other topics I'm not ready to discuss yet.)
Finally, I said, I'll read to you my favorite Christmas book, and that is my answer.
The book is called The Bearer of Gifts by Kenneth Steven. It's out of print, but you can get it used. It's this story of a man who lives in Lapland, and he sees a new star and follows and follows it until he meets this special baby, and says that this baby will save the world and he is a changed man. He travels back to his home, and he gives gifts to children he knows. Here's what it says at the end:
But now he carved toys for all the children he knew, in memory of the day he had met the child who would save the world. Then he packed the otys in ta sack, harnessed the reindeer, and set off on his sled to deliver a present to every child--to those who had never known the joy of receiving and to those who hd never known the joy of giving. Laplanders say the man is alive to this day, deep in the far north forest, making gifts for all children. Some call him Father Christmas. Others know him as Sinter Klass or Kriss Kringle...We call him Santa Claus.
It's a very sweet book with beautiful art.
So, was that a good answer?
Perfect! And having recently been in Lapland myself I am so excited you mentioned that book--I'm going to try to track it down for next Christmas! (Santa doles out books almost religiously at our house.)
I know! That made it extra-perfect!! I bought my copy from a bookseller called alibris dot com. They delivered a perfect book. The list price was 12 or 13$ when it came out, and I bought my copy for about 18? Can't remember. I think it was cheaper there, but there were some copies on Amazon, too. I think you'll really like it.
I got a copy for some friends this year--which is why I was buying it.
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