Emma is right on the line about Santa Clause these days. Not to sure about his "authenticity". She's been asking a lot of questions regarding his abilities to show up everywhere and give gifts to everyone, or "does he just use mom's and dad's?"
When Brax was about her age, I explained Santa in a way that put the Savior as the greatest gift giver (a lot like Santa), the wise men bringing gifts (so we continue to give gifts), and then receiving the ultimate gift of living with the Savior again by 'believing' and 'giving to others'. We talked about how we celebrate the spirit of Christmas as well as the 'fun' part of Christmas. When I explained it to Brax, he was enthralled and seemed to grasp how it is really better than a Santa Claus. I tried to give the same speech to Emma, and I thought I was doing quite well, sounding so good, but at the end she just looked at me and said, "so what you're saying is - No Santa".
Never fear though, a happy day, she got to be Santa's helper for over an hour at Chelle's Ward Christmas party last Saturday night. Here she is in all her glory.
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