First Santa Letter

Last year Nate started to become more interested in Santa. I usually try to down play the role of Santa in Christmas although realize it is a fun part of the season, especially for young children. Nate has seen Santa at Brent's school during their Christmas party, but usually doesn't want to get too close. This year, as we were finishing up our Christmas shopping, I decided to "reward" the boy's helpfulness with a train ride at the mall. For the Christmas season, the train was moved to a less busy part of the mall that happens to circle around "Santa's House" about 6 times! The visual reminders of Jolly Ol' Saint Nick prompted Nate to actually WANT to talk to Santa. Mommy, being a little bit "cheap" and not wanting to stand around, suggested that we just write Santa a letter. Nate was on board with that suggestion. He is loving printing, word creating, and drawing at the moment, so was delighted to put some thoughts on paper. I realize these are very elementary pictures, but I thought it was precious as it his first "letter".

(An airplane is pulling a "Santa" sign, passing a satelite in the sky. The red rectangle is Santa's sleigh with Santa's hat from the top view & his bag of gifts behind him. The brown smiling creature pulling the sleigh is Rudolf in a red hat with red nose.)