Grace has been saying that she doesn’t believe in Santa for a little while now. It is not a belief that we feel we need to push in her in anyway, so we tend to take a, “Well, what do you think?” approach. I always want to be honest with her, so when she does ask directly, or say, “Now Dad, be honest with me,” I have to answer her with the whole truth. We do tell her that Santa is part of the magic of Christmas, so even if he is not real, he can still be a part of the magic of Christmas time.

Grace has been saying to Eli (who loves the idea of Santa) that he doesn’t exist. We’ve spoken to her about people’s beliefs and that it is not her place to tell him, or anyone else, that Santa is not real.

Today Donné came across Google’s Santa Tracker, and something about the idea of being able to track Santa from the tablet lit the magic in her and she started to doubt her belief that Santa was not real. What does Grace do? Devise an experiment: If Santa is real, then he will eat the food we leave for him under the Christmas tree (with Mommy and Daddy sworn not to eat the food).

We’ll see what morning brings.

Eli on the other hand, well he is just, “I love Santa so much.” He seems to be entirely enthralled with the idea of Santa, and doesn’t really appear to be at all fussed about gifts, just the thought that Santa will be coming tonight is good enough for him.

Grace’s letter to Santa, under the tree with the food. “Merry Christmas to Santa. I hope you are having a good time delivering presents. Love Grace, Eli and Adam.”

Such a smiley little guy

Getting some cuddle time with Grace’s precious Monkey