Believing

The Christmas season is upon us and like every year so many things have come up that have prevented us from saving for it, dog incidents here, unexpected landscaping there. We get into this rut every year, never getting each other a gift under the tree. We had such high expectations for this year but it’s one of those 2 steps, 1 step kind of situations. We always ensure that there are at least 2 presents under the tree for Isabella: one from us, and one from Santa. The Santa one is important to me, letting her have that magical belief one more year. We play along, writing a thank you note for the foccacia bread she left for Santa saying that Tanker came out and shared it with him (something he really would do). One year later and she smiles ear to ear when she talks about the note. They only believe for a small percentage of their lives so why not encourage it as long as we can?