Finding out about Santa....
We were playing softball in the vacant lot around the corner from our house. I don't know the kid's name but suddenly he was telling us, as we played, that Santa Claus was a lie.
What? How could that be? I was told lying was a bad thing. But, being careful to not show any concern about it I nodded my head 'yeah', and kept on playing.
I was in 2nd grade. My brother was two years younger than me, and another brother was just a baby. The last brother yet to come was but a gleam in my dad's eye.
Not long after, I heard Mom and Dad speak to each other about "something.' But I couldn't catch the whole conversation. We had a couple of weeks before Christmas. Then a few days later my dad yelled from the driveway...."get the dolly!" Dolly? Was this the gift? A dolly for me!
They rolled a huge box into the living room. He kept talking about the 'dolly.' Okay, let's see what's in the box! It was a huge.... cabinet. They called it a stereo.
That day I learned a new word. Dolly. This dolly had no brown locks, no cute dress, but did have wheels and worked like a vertical wheelbarrow. Well, that was a disappointment. BUT the stereo was a dream! I listened to it everyday after school and played the Christmas record that came with it over and over.
We did get a family surprise from Santa. It was a tether ball set! But I had already found it, by accident, kind of buried in the garage. But it was fun playing the clue game with rhymes our dad made up. I loved hitting that ball, because the worst it could do is just go in circles. I'm sure I whipped that kid who told me about Santa.
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Flash forward to December 18,2012. I emailed Sutter and Evan to find out how they found out about the Santa myth.
From Sutter - I was smart and figured it one night when I was about 7 Figured out the Easter bunny and tooth fairy were frauds too. I told you and you confirmed my suspicions. Very anti-climactic.
From Evan - I have no idea.
That's all. No major issues and nobody with bad memories, unless Evan is still figuring it out.
Live richly, enjoy the holidays. marilyn
What? How could that be? I was told lying was a bad thing. But, being careful to not show any concern about it I nodded my head 'yeah', and kept on playing.
I was in 2nd grade. My brother was two years younger than me, and another brother was just a baby. The last brother yet to come was but a gleam in my dad's eye.
Not long after, I heard Mom and Dad speak to each other about "something.' But I couldn't catch the whole conversation. We had a couple of weeks before Christmas. Then a few days later my dad yelled from the driveway...."get the dolly!" Dolly? Was this the gift? A dolly for me!
They rolled a huge box into the living room. He kept talking about the 'dolly.' Okay, let's see what's in the box! It was a huge.... cabinet. They called it a stereo.
That day I learned a new word. Dolly. This dolly had no brown locks, no cute dress, but did have wheels and worked like a vertical wheelbarrow. Well, that was a disappointment. BUT the stereo was a dream! I listened to it everyday after school and played the Christmas record that came with it over and over.
We did get a family surprise from Santa. It was a tether ball set! But I had already found it, by accident, kind of buried in the garage. But it was fun playing the clue game with rhymes our dad made up. I loved hitting that ball, because the worst it could do is just go in circles. I'm sure I whipped that kid who told me about Santa.
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Flash forward to December 18,2012. I emailed Sutter and Evan to find out how they found out about the Santa myth.
From Sutter - I was smart and figured it one night when I was about 7 Figured out the Easter bunny and tooth fairy were frauds too. I told you and you confirmed my suspicions. Very anti-climactic.
From Evan - I have no idea.
That's all. No major issues and nobody with bad memories, unless Evan is still figuring it out.
Live richly, enjoy the holidays. marilyn
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