The one where Santa visits on his sleigh.
00:00When I was a little girl, I remember many, many years of Santa visiting our village on his sleigh with his elves and helpers. There would be a donation bucket where people would put in whatever they could afford to donate money to charity, helping those in need during the festive season. I had actually totally forgot about this until last Friday.
We had a loud knock on the door around 8pm and there stood and elf! The kids were all upstairs getting ready for bed and ready to watch a festive movie on Netflix. I called them all down and was SO excited to see there faces. I could hear the music from the sleigh and a lot of chattering. As soon as they saw the elf, they were like "IS SANTA HERE??" There faces were a picture and I wish I had been more prepared because I would have taken better photos. I had to quickly help Ellie put her PJ trousers on as she was half dressed and half in PJs lol! We went outside to see Santa on his sleigh and wow. I was AMAZED! It's so much better than I remember and the kids, well, they couldn't quite believe what and who they were seeing, right outside our house! They were stunned! There faces were just, I can't even explain, they were so, so excited.
Ellie, my youngest (she's eight years old), still believes in Santa and the magic of Christmas, she went right up to his sleigh (which was towed by a big Land Drover) and high fived him and told him "MERRY CHRISTMAS SANTA". It was very magical for her.
Charlie (He's 10 years old) was fascinated with the lights around the sleigh and was like "How do they get them to work, is the power lead attached to a battery??" He's curious about how everything works at the moment, bless him. We also put a few coins and odd change into the bucket. My (almost) teenager was all "I'll just watch from the window". I don't think he wanted his friends to see him (not that they were there) waving to Santa, haha. Still though he was like "That's so good for kids" And I wanted to reply with "YOU ARE A KID" But didn't because we all know how teenagers think they're not kids any more, haha. He's growing up so fast, it's unreal.
Anyway, it was a spectualr little event that lasted for around 15 minutes and the kids (and I!) had a wonderful time seeing Santa, waving, and wishing him and his elves a very merry Christmas. Ellie was full of questions "But how does Santa have time? And aren't the elves suppose to be making toys? And feeding the REAL reindeer's" Bless her. I told her that perhaps they were Santa's helpers, helpers, haha. She was all "Yes I reckon they were, it's so cool though, Santa is so magical. Can I be an Elf when I grow up?" Even Charlie was like "That was so magical" and it was. It truly, truly was. Seeing Santa ride around on his sleigh really did put the magic back into Christmas.
Have you and your little's (grandchildren/brothers/sister etc) been to see Santa this year? What makes Christmas magical for you?
Sarah xXx
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Santa visits us on an open top bus! It's such a great tradition and BB looks forward to it every yearx #picknmix
ReplyDeleteI so get the teenage thing, I now have three and even the triplets considered themselves too old this year, so sad. #Savouringtheseason
ReplyDeleteSanta comes around ours on a sleigh too, its fab as he stops and speaks to all the kids. The magic of Christmas for me is seeing my kids faces in the morning coming down. x
ReplyDeleteThis is so fab, they have a similar thing happen here and it is all run by Rotary and just magical x
ReplyDeleteHow lovely! Have a great Christmas. I believe :-) #magicmoments
ReplyDeleteSanta comes around here the same. This year my one year old granddaughter got to see him she was so excted lol. Have a wonderful christmas
ReplyDeleteThis is lovely, I only been with my mum friends daughter to see Santa. It was really lovely.
ReplyDeleteHow lovely! When we were younger my mum would get her work friend to come round dressed as santa every Christmas Eve, she would tell him in advanced little things we had been up to and had achieved etc and we would think it was amazing when he would know everything we had done recently! x
ReplyDeletewow. How amazing is this! I'd love to do this. I really do hope to do this sometime for my daughter before she gets too old and stops believing! Fab post. Angela
ReplyDeleteOoh I bet the kids loved that! There's no more young children in my household this year, so it's the first year we haven't been visiting Santa :( xx
ReplyDeleteWhat a great opportunity to see Santa! That sleigh looks fab! #PointShoot x
ReplyDeleteThis is sooo AWESOME! I wish Santa would come and visit me like this - never-mind the kids! Haha! It really is a magical moment for grown up too I think. :) Thank you for sharing. I wish you and your lovely family have a wonderful Christmas holiday! Enjoy! Xx #PointShoot
ReplyDeleteAhhhh how lovely! I used to love Santa driving past when I was little. We don't have one in our road but there's one that goes past my mother in laws that we've seen a couple of times xx
ReplyDeleteThis has been my first year of neither wanting to see Santa :( my 'baby' is 10 in Feb and his brother is already 11, and they are growing up way to quickly for my liking. I'm 32 and I still want to see Santa!! ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up to #PicknMix
Stevie x
Aww how lovely! We were at a friend's house when the sleigh happened to stop by - all the kids rushed out, really excited! It's great how kids love the magic of christmas. x #magicmoments
ReplyDeleteThey used to do this when I was little, but I've not seen it up here, it's a shame because I bet my two would have loved it too.
ReplyDeleteHope you had a great Christmas and thanks for linking up with Point + Shoot x
Ahhh... looks very special! Its these kind of memories that last, isn't it? We have the Rotary Club Santa who comes round on his sleigh on a milk float... the girls were mesmerized! Thanks so much for joining in with #savouringtheseason ... hope you can pop over again today! x
ReplyDeleteSo special! It's these kind of memories that last, isn't it?! We have the Rotary Club Santa who comes round on a milk float... the girls were mesmerized! Thanks so much for linking up with #savouringtheseason ! Hope you can pop back today! x
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