My son looked at the now decorated Christmas tree and asked, “is it Christmas Eve now?”
“No,” I said.
“But it’s dark outside and there is snow,” he explained.
“Sorry buddy. We still have another 15 days to go until Christmas Eve,” I replied.
That’s the conversation I had last night with my 4 year old. As a one or two year old he was clueless about Christmas. Last year was the year we explained how Christmas works: Santa, elves, Jesus’ birthday, presents, etc.
Christmas is a whole new ballgame as a 4 year old. This year he gets it…and he’s excited for it. His excitement is contagious. At his request, we’ve had Christmas music playing in our house the last few days. He likes to tell us all about the naughty and nice list. A week later and he’s still talking about visiting Santa Claus at the mall. He even made up his own lyrics to Santa Claus is Coming to Town:
You better not toot, You better not whine, you better not cry I’m telling you why, Santa Claus is coming to town….He hears you when you’re tooting, he smells you when you fart, he sees you when you pick your nose, so be good for goodness sake
Yep, those are his lyrics (with a little help from me).
It’s official: I’m excited for Christmas.
