Danny Santa Claus
December 22, 1999, Danny was acting out Santa Claus scenes.
First, he made me take one of the 1 foot fake trees 'home' with me to my
bedroom.
He made me go to sleep.
He then proceeded to wrap up some item as a present, and then snuck in,
put it under the tree, and snuck out, then yelled out that I should now wake
up.
One time it was a roll of film. Another time it was a project he had made
last year in school. Another time it was a part of a puzzle which he taped to
a piece of cardboard and put an address label on.
He went through much effort wrapping them, cutting wrapping paper, using
tape, etc.
When I snuck up on his operations with my video cameras, he chased me away,
saying "go back to sleep. It is being Christmas here".
After I received my various presents, he wanted me to be his reindeer.
So instead of me going to sleep in my bed, he found a small doll
from Toy Story and tucked him into my bed, saying he was the boy now.
He was trying to figure out what to use for a sled, and found a laundry
basket.
We then found some bungee cords and belts to use for a harness.
He had on his Santa hat. After he loaded a plastic bag with foam puzzle parts
(the presents), I pulled him to the stockings which he had me take down from
over the fireplace and place in a more reachable location on doorhandles in
the
hallway. He stuffed the stockings with the various things.
When we finally got to bed, I read him several Christmas stories. I had
to go check on a bucket I was filling with water (apparently a broken pipe in
the neighborhood almost made me lose water, so I was filling buckets to have
just in case), he wanted to come along. He said "I sprung from my bed to
see what was the matter", quoting from the "Night Before Christmas" story I
had read.
Eero Vaitkus
Last modified: Wed Dec 22 10:23:44 EST 1999