The Many Faces Of Santa?
It seems like everywhere we go these days Santa appears. So much so that even our 4 year old has started to get suspicious. When asked by her granny the other day whether she had been to see Santa yet, she replied that she had seen santa, but not “the real one”.
Its hard to explain to her why all the Santas look different, why some are friendly and some not and how its possible for Santa to be in every shop and centre that we visit!
Wannabe Santas should definitely have a dress code to adhere to. There should be no skinny Santas, no Santas with really crap and obviously fake beards and no Santas with DM boots. Most of all they really should be jolly.
We came across a rather dour specimen in Junction One on Saturday who wouldn’t even look at the kids as he walked past, never mind return their excited waves.
In an effort to explain the phenomena I have tried the old Santa is magic spiel which hasn’t worked. Next I will try to explain the imposters as Santas elves, just lending a helping hand. If anyone has any better ideas or suggestions I’d love to hear them, as with three young children this is a trick we are going to have to master very quickly!
Mrs Levee sorry to tell you, Santa Claus is a con - hes on the take. I asked him for a bike, when I was an 8yo. Three decades later, I’m still waiting.
Santa either took it and sold it at a knockdown or, them thieving baskets at the P.O. stole it for themselves. Either way the PSNI don’t want to know!.
Thats a sad story!
I always found him so organised. For example when I was seven and got out of bed late one Christmas Eve I saw a beautiful dolls house in the living room, but no other gifts. My dad explained that santa brings all the bigger gifts first, and then his elves return with the smaller stuff later.
I thought that displayed great management and delegation skills.
So maybe santa left you a lovely shiny new bike all those years ago and the elves that followed took it while you were sleeping.