The Christmas Holidays are a magical time of year. When there are children involved the meaning of magical changes. I am reminded of how grateful I am to have children and to be able to see the Holidays through the eyes of a child. Each child experiences the wonders of the holidays differently, but words can not express the excitement and joy in their faces and bodies as they see the holiday lights, prepare for the visits from family and friends, and eventually the arrival of Santa.
We had a terrific Christmas this year. It was such a game for us to try to keep the magic of Christmas alive for Trevor. He is so intuitive and we knew that any little slip up and the gig would be up. We even hid the Christmas wrapping paper because he would question why Santa wrapped his presents with our wrapping paper. We hid presents at neighbors homes, in the attic, in the basement, in the garage...
Ella was a bit overwhelmed with all the Christmas fuss. She did decide however that she likes wearing dresses and stockings and dressing fancy! I have to admit that a small part of me enjoys helping her to be "fancy".
For about one week before Christmas Aliza would get dressed in her pajamas before dinner, so that she could go to bed because Santa was coming. No matter how many times we told her that Santa was not coming for a few nights, she insisted that she be ready! Ever night she would wake in the middle of the night and coming running into our room, "Mommy, Daddy, Santa is here, I heard Santa's reindeer!" We would walk her back to her room, convincing her that it was not Santa, only to have her wake up again and again and again! Finally, we started letting her climb into our bed so that we could get a decent nights sleep. She would talk and talk and tell us stories about her dreams of Santa coming to visit her. As excited as we were for her, we also needed to sleep! We would let her tell us of her dreams of Santa for a few minutes, then remind her that we all needed to go to sleep. This was the first time that Aliza has had a fixation on something and the ability to plan for an upcoming event. She knew that Santa was coming!
We had a terrific Christmas this year. It was such a game for us to try to keep the magic of Christmas alive for Trevor. He is so intuitive and we knew that any little slip up and the gig would be up. We even hid the Christmas wrapping paper because he would question why Santa wrapped his presents with our wrapping paper. We hid presents at neighbors homes, in the attic, in the basement, in the garage...
Ella was a bit overwhelmed with all the Christmas fuss. She did decide however that she likes wearing dresses and stockings and dressing fancy! I have to admit that a small part of me enjoys helping her to be "fancy".
For about one week before Christmas Aliza would get dressed in her pajamas before dinner, so that she could go to bed because Santa was coming. No matter how many times we told her that Santa was not coming for a few nights, she insisted that she be ready! Ever night she would wake in the middle of the night and coming running into our room, "Mommy, Daddy, Santa is here, I heard Santa's reindeer!" We would walk her back to her room, convincing her that it was not Santa, only to have her wake up again and again and again! Finally, we started letting her climb into our bed so that we could get a decent nights sleep. She would talk and talk and tell us stories about her dreams of Santa coming to visit her. As excited as we were for her, we also needed to sleep! We would let her tell us of her dreams of Santa for a few minutes, then remind her that we all needed to go to sleep. This was the first time that Aliza has had a fixation on something and the ability to plan for an upcoming event. She knew that Santa was coming!
Christmas morning was somewhat anticlamatic for all! The look in their eyes when they came down the steps Christmas morning was priceless, but the anticipation for the amazing event was over and that was kind of sad. Well, for everyone except Aliza, who everyday since Christmas is still asking us if Santa is coming that night, and continues to wake up each night telling anyone who will listen at 2am that "Santa is here".
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