Well the business of tracking Santa Clause has gone high tech! NORAD is getting into the game! See the site for details! They even have a Santa Cam on the radar page!
I was reading in the newspaper yesterday, yes real print ugghh, about this teacher who asked her class what they wanted to do for christmas this year. Well much to her surprise last year they innocently read a christmas story while having hot chocolate and this was THE thing they wanted to do again.
Now I remember when I was growing up going to Grandmaws house on the 23rd then the other Grandmaw on the 24th. It was always a big to do! Grandmaw number one always had Bordens Eggnog for me because she knew how much I loved it and I always looked forward to it sooooo much. I always thought it was just betweeen her and I ... I could be wrong but that is way I want to remember it.
Grandmaw number 2 always made a big meal and had lots of relatives over, it was always a big deal I learned of Bing Crosby, Perry Como, Burl Ives and Frank Sinatra here and though I think no one else really knew it I would always lay down under the tree and look up at from underneath... this went on until I was about 16 or so... we don't do that any more.
Times have changed but one thing has not... Christmas in the eyes of a child. The things you do now will be the things your children remember! They will grow up wanting these things to continue until they are ready to make a family. Something as simple as having hot chocolate on Christmas Eve or having a get together at the same place every year is important. So maybe you should put on you childrens eyes and take a look around. I woke up this morning and my four year old was pounding on the floor Christ-mas Eve, Christ-mas Eve, Christ-mas Eve... and it made my heart warm and for a few minutes I was in his place and remembering my childhood... I hope this feeling never fades...
