Archive for December 24th, 1999

The great Santa fakeout

Friday, December 24th, 1999

Merry Christmas everyone!

This year the kids found Santa’s clothes and stole them. They seemed to think I was Santa – asked what I would do without my clothes and even made threatening noises about pulling my beard.

So we faked them out: I went for a little walk and our backup Santa came right back in. Two minutes later I came back and sat down to enjoy the show. Of course they don’t believe in Santa anymore – but they sure were surprised!

None of the grownups in my family exchanged Christmas presents this year, it all went to the kids. I loved giving this to my brother’s 8-year old son:
Wilesco D20 Steam engine