Whose trying to stay awake past the kids to be Santa Claus?

NNadir

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Sat Dec-24-05 09:29 PM
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Whose trying to stay awake past the kids to be Santa Claus?

My wife is putting my kids to sleep, but she's worried she'll fall asleep with them. She says she'll be up in time to be Santa, but every year, I worry that either she or I will fail in our most important duty.

My little guy is 6. He's a firm believer. He was out spreading Reindeer food on the lawn.

It's a spring like day here in New Jersey, and odd to be waiting for a sleigh.

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Akoto

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Sat Dec-24-05 09:32 PM
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1. Now, hold on just a minute ...

What's this about your wife being Santa? What sort of blasphemy is this? :evilfrown:

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NNadir

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Sat Dec-24-05 09:39 PM
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2. She's a very lovely Santa.

I wish I had some mistletoe, but I don't.

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SW FL Dem

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Sat Dec-24-05 10:18 PM
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3. I remember those days

Hubby used to fall asleep with the kid and my sister and I would play Santa. Some of my best memories are of sitting with her (and a bottle of wine) giggling as we tried to assemble the gift for that year. One of the best had to be assembing a huge Fisher Price Pirate Ship playhouse in the backyard, in the dark and in the rain. We were so pathetic all we could do was laugh and try to wedge the slippery plastic pieces together. It took us until almost 1 am, but the look on my son's face when he saw it in the morning made everything worth it.

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Redstone

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Sat Dec-24-05 10:24 PM
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4. This was the last year I'll be able to fool the little guy with

the string running up over the phone wires in front of the house with the red lightbulb and the little bells tied to it.

I bring the end of the string upstairs so he can see me right at the door of his room and not suspect that I'm twitching the string to make the light move and the bells jingle...he still hasn't caught on.

Works like a charm: "Hey, Santa's getting real close! You'd better get to sleep fast!"

Redstone

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NNadir

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Sat Dec-24-05 10:33 PM
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5. It sounds like you go all out!

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Redstone

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Sat Dec-24-05 11:10 PM
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8. Gotta have fun while they're still young and gullible. Last year,

I took a picture of Santa gong down the chimney of the house across the street, and boy did the kids in third-grade class think it was cool that his dad PROVED that Santa is real!

Ho ho ho, thank you, Photoshop!

Redstone

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fortyfeetunder

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Sat Dec-24-05 10:53 PM
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6. I've been unloading my car at midnight several nights

I have made a couple of shopping runs for stuff and left them in the car. Then around midnight, I go and unload the car and move stuff to hiding places. I have a Rubbermaid tote in the garage full of gifts, some still unwrapped....

Tonight my kid is buzzed and I don't know how long he's going to stay up. But the tote can't be opened until he and the spouse go to sleep...

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AlCzervik

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Sat Dec-24-05 11:02 PM
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7. me and i'm already tired. My daughter is 11 and i think she's humoring me

she tells me she believes and seems sincere but i don't really know. The worst part is trying to get the presents out of the hidey hole without making to much of a racket and waking everyone up.

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NNadir

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Sun Dec-25-05 05:13 AM
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9. We did it!

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