When you're a little kid, the month between Thanksgiving and Christmas seems like it lasts forever. But thanks to the wonders of the internet, this year, we discovered that December 6 is St. Nicholas Day -- a day when children all over Europe leave shoes out for St. Nick to fill with toys and candy.
Since we hadn't had a chance to hand over the girls' Christmas wish lists yet, we also figured St. Nicholas Day would be a good chance for them to be picked up by St. Nick himself, and maybe leave a little treat for the girls to hold them over until December 25.
The girls had written up this lists shortly after Thanksgiving. Gwen asked for a Dora doll and an Aqua-doodle.
Morgan has been practicing her writing at school, so she wrote her own list this year. For the record, the note below says:
Santa,
Pink hamster
New Play-Dough
Morgan
On the night of December 5, we left the girls slippers outside their bedroom doors, along with their wish lists.
The next morning, the wish lists were gone. And in their place were Princess stickers for Morgan, Dora stickers for Gwen -- and snow man marshmallows for both girls. It was a perfect way to break up their long wait for December 25.
Thanks St. Nick! (Or is it Mr. Claus? Or Mr. Kringle? I get confused.)
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