I can hear the bells on Santa's sleigh already! He'll be here before we know it! For the first year, Addie will really understand what's going on in the morning. I must say, Christmas as a parent is almost more fun than Christmas as a kid. We've had Addie's gifts from Santa tucked away for weeks just itching to hand them out early, but we're resisted!As a kid growing up, Santa always brought us the biggest, coolest gift of all of them. It would be set up in front of the tree just waiting to be played with the minute we walked into the living room on Christmas morning. I really love how my parents did this, but apparently it's not the most common way to experience Santa. Apparently for most kids, he wraps his presents, and apparently brings them a lot more than he ever brought me! See, Santa only brought us one gift on Christmas morning. It was always our "big gift" of the year. For example, our trampoline was from Santa. Our bikes growing up were from Santa. Everything else was from our parents, wrapped under the tree for weeks.
I plan to continue this tradition with Addie. There was just something more magical to me about getting the toys directly from the workshop. Santa even had it completely put together for me so I wouldn't have to wait to play with it. He is so thoughtful.
Tonight, we'll be putting together a new kitchen for Addie, complete with food, dishes, cook-ware, and even an apron (made by me!). I can't wait to see the look on her face when she comes into the living room and sees it. I wonder if we'll even get her to open everything else!
So, does Santa visit your kids? How does he display the gifts? Wrapped in Santa wrapping paper? Or set up and ready for action?
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