I’ve got friends with two grown up kids – prob 18 and 20 now. When they were younger, every Christmas Eve, dad would go out ‘to deliver some cards’, quickly slip into the Santa costume and them the kids would catch a glimpse of him on the garage roof on his way to the chimney.
They had a 3rd child about 4 years ago. When Christmas came round, Dad mentioned he’d need to get the Santa outfit out of the loft again. The kids shared a conspiratorial wink with their parents, and then Adam, the son, said he’d go and get it because dad’s too old to be climbing on roofs now. Now every Christmas eve Adam goes out ‘to deliver some cards’ and the whole family including 4 year old Leah catch a glimpse of santa on his way up to the roof.
And you know what – All four of them share in Leah’s magic all over again.
Don’t take that enjoyment away.