Santa on Shoreway

It's that time of year again. The man in the big red suit made his yearly surprise visit to Shoreway Dr. Monday night. As usual, Gavin, Isabelle, Ryan, and Jessica were falling over themselves excited when they opened the front door and saw that red suit with the unmistakable "ho-ho-ho".

We reached a milestone this year, as all of the kids are finally old enough that noone cried when Rudolph came into the room. Poor Rudolph....he never gets any respect.

We are realizing that our years are numbered with Gavin and Ryan, as the school bus talk is already resulting in some difficult questions about whether Santa is real, and how he does all these magical things. We weren't sure if they were going to continue to buy into the magic of the season, and all that the red suit represents. But, as soon as Santa stepped into the room, you could see the light in their eyes. They were still believers, all the way, with no shortage of magic this year.

As always, Santa did an amazing job and spent a perfect amount of time with each of the kids, handing out gifts, singing songs, and refreshing the magic of Christmas in each of them. This night truly is one of my favorites, and one of the great gifts of living on our street. We all look forward to it year, after year.