A couple of years ago my two young children were writing to Santa, they both asked for a surprise on their list. Santa came up with (what Mammy thought was) a lovely surprise for each of them, for Matthew a “Ben 10” blanket and for Katie a “Dora the Explorer” blanket, lovely snuggly cosy blankets…….. Mammy’s and Santa’s idea of a lovely surprise…..NOT as it turns out, so exciting for the kids! They had toys in mind!!
Two years have passed and letters have been written to Santa….none have since included even a sniff of a surprise, they are not willing to leave it up to chance EVER AGAIN! Santa is not to be trusted with surprises. I am reminded at the kitchen table during the letter writing to Santa a few weeks ago of the blanket incident!! They are now very specific in their requests, which makes it very easy for Santa to get it right!! [click to continue…]
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