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I say this every year for the last few but here goes again.
He is real. Maybe not as a person, but as a feeling, or an attitude, or a spirit. Just because we can't see or touch something doesn't mean it's not real.
When they were younger IMHO it was OK for my kids to believe in a person and as they grew older and stopped believing that, the wife and I explained that in fact, we are Saint Nick. We bring the presents and fill the stockings, and that makes us part of him and him part of us. And now they're old enough to understand they too are part of it, and in time they'll fill the stockings for their kids and enjoy being Saint Nick and enjoy the happiness it brings the kids.
My parents are elderly and my mum in particular is fading quite fast now. She had a great day yesterday with her grandkids and family around her, and I don't know if we'll have many more if any. Saint Nick brought us together to do that and I defy anyone to tell me the happiness on her face wasn't real.
That smile IS Saint Nick made real.
I have just eaten half a carrot
Yep, me too 😀
Washed it down with Santa’s mince pie and Glass of port.
Weird mix but strangely pleasant.(Hope the big fella doesn’t kick off when he gets here and there’s nothing left!)
The mince pie went back in box (I'd already had two). The rabbit got the carrot; I just nibbled the end to provide the necessary teeth marks, and had the glass of lukewarm milk as a chaser.