This is my favorite Christmas decoration:
Coulson made it in preschool last year and I had enough sentimental foresight to pack it up with our Christmas stuff in January. I'm glad I did, because I was so excited when I opened the box and saw them. Of course, I had completely forgotten about them until I opened the box, so it was a wonderful surprise!
Coulson on Christmas: If you ask Coulson about Christmas, the first thing he'll tell you is that he is getting a scooter. He says this with absolute conviction, even though we have tried to introduce some doubt - "You want a scooter. Maybe you'll get a scooter." "No, I am getting a scooter for Christmas." Thankfully he has been consistent with his desire. [Unlike his choice for a Halloween costume which changed daily for two weeks. Earlier in the month he was pretending to be a bat, loves the color black and was really into superheroes, so I encouraged him towards a Batman costume. But he resisted and fluctuated between a ghost, a spider, Lightning McQueen (stupid and expensive costume, so I vetoed that one) a fireman, a dog, spiderman (but they never had his size in stock), etc, until we finally found a cute dragon costume that we both liked. Then the day before Halloween, he tells me he wants to be Batman. Too late because I already bought the dragon costume. One hour before trick-or-treat he tells me he wants to be a fireman, which we already have a costume for. So he starts to get dressed in his fireman costume, but then changes his mind and goes as the dragon. The day after Halloween, he apologetically tells me, "Mommy, I'm sorry I made the wrong choice." The wrong choice about what? "I should have been Batman for Halloween." So we have agreed that he can be Batman next year and since then he has asked several times a week "When will it be Halloween again? Why does Halloween only come once a year?" So yes, we are very thankful that he consistently asks for a scooter so we can feel confident that we will have the right gift on Christmas morning.]
Coulson has a general understanding of Santa, but I try not to overemphasize his importance during the holidays. Personally I would've probably just told my kids that Santa is pretend from the start, but Casey thinks it adds to the magic of the season, so we compromise by going along with the stories, but not playing it up too big. I told Coulson that Santa is Jesus' helper. So he likes the jolly fellow, but he doesn't adore him. In fact he's actually quite scared of him. We went to a Christmas street festival last weekend. There was a line to see Santa and I was asking Coulson if he wanted to go, but he was too interested in the shepherds and sheep and goats journeying towards the live nativity scene a few blocks away. After the shepherds left, I asked again and started to show him where Santa was sitting, but he freaked out and started crying before we even got to see him. Then we went to the live Nativity. It warmed my heart that he was more interested in the story of baby Jesus than in Santa :-)
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