Well, according to her, that is not Santa Clause. And neither was the guy at our church Christmas party.
She is not impressed or fooled by these imposters. At all. I'm not sure what gave it away. The obvious lack of interest in what she wanted for Christmas? Maybe. The string holding his fake beard on his face? Possibly.
The point is, this is a very observant 5 year old we have here. She doesn't know who those guys were. She just knows that they were not the real deal.
We have decided that Santa is extremely busy this time of year and simply cannot be everywhere at once. He must have some helpers. Some very poor excuses for helpers. But when you're desperate and up against the most important deadline of the year, well, I guess you can't be too picky. :)
The Elf on the Shelf named Trick - now that's a different story. We will talk about him later....
Merry, Merry, Merry Chirstmas to you!
