I was in the kitchen shaping snow globe cookies when I hear this conversation in the living room:
Tyra: Guess what Dinah, we saw Santa at the school today.
Jeremy: He wasn’t the real Santa.
Tyra: Ya huh!
Jeremy: No. His beard…was…PLAS-TIC!
Later as I was shaping more cookies I heard this other conversation between my boys:
Jeremy: You know what the candy cane presents?
Ethan: Represents? A “J” for Jesus, and the shepherds crook.
Jeremy: HOW DID YOU KNOW!?!?
Ethan: Because I’m smart.
Jeremy: Do you know what the lights on the tree represent?
Ethan: The light of Christ.
Jeremy: No! They represent the stars!
Ethan: No. They represent the light of Christ.
I love that my children can believe in Santa Claus, but that they also know that Christmas is all about celebrating the birth of our Savior.