When do children stop believing in Santa? When that day comes, I'm not sure I will be able to handle it because it's so much fun pretending to be him and seeing the magic through our children's eyes! From wrapping their presents, baking cookies + setting up Christmas morning the night before. Just like with everything else, Christmas really is just so much more magical with little babes around.
With Christmas just 2 days away, Matt & I finally got around to wrapping all of their presents late last night. We definitely procrastinated this year, especially with grabbing the wrapping paper early on. Target had the cutest Disney wrapping paper this year and I didn't snag it from the start. I knew I wanted something Disney from us and then traditional from Santa. Keeping the red bows only from him with subtle Santa touches. With the last few wrapping paper choices left I chose a subtle white Frosty the snowman wrapping paper and ended up using colorful bows from us. I labeled them with the cutest Mickey Mouse Santa gift tags from GreatCrafternoon. I'm actually really happy with how everything turned out! It's the perfect Disney touch, exactly what I wanted.
For Santa, we used the cutest "Ho Ho Ho" wrapping paper. It's a white shimmer with small red "Ho" confetti sprinkled around. I grabbed Santa ribbon that resembles his colors & belt along with the cutest Santa confetti gift tags from Target. When I was little I always remember Santa's handwriting on the presents. How different and special they were coming from him specifically. For my boys, I wanted to do the same. So I made sure to use a different pen and add curly cues to his letters to somewhat resemble what my parents had done for me. Does any other Momma or Daddy do this for their babes?
Also, Polar Express is big in our house. I believe Harlen has watched this movie over 100 times within the last year. If you are familiar with this movie, there is a scene at the end with Santa and his bell. You can hear this magical bell only if you believe. So for this year, we bought a special bell off of Etsy to resemble the one in the movie to give to the boys from Santa on Christmas morning!
I want my children to hold onto that belief for as long as possible. Does any one else have fun traditions to keep the his spirit alive? I would love to hear it!
..:::Merry Christmas, Everyone!:::..
