christmas. twenty eighteen
for some reason christmas feels like forever ago already
to tell you the truth, i had forgotten all about these pictures and the fact that i hadn’t written about it yet
Lily began her christmas break from school on wednesday the 19th and she and William drove straight to west virginia to go spend some days with family
because i was still working full time, i was originally supposed to be working during the holidays so they were to return on the 23rd and we were going to have a quiet family christmas at home here in asheville
however, my work schedule changed (i am no longer working full time) and because they were having such an amazing time with family in west virginia, i ended up driving there myself on the day they were supposed to leave
it must have been around november when Lily told us that she no longer believed in santa because all of her good girlfriends in school had told her he was not real
that she knew it was William and i who were the real santa
fair enough. she found us out
we told her that although papa and i help santa, his magic and the magic of christmas is indeed real
on christmas eve, surrounded by family, snow falling and with her smaller cousins believing and excited for santa, her views changed
out of the blue she felt excited about the magic of santa and just like all the previous years she could not wait to get home to her grandparents house, write santa a note and leave milk and cookies for him and carrots for the reindeer
i am not going to lie, it felt good to have her believe once again
it made me feel like she is still the child i see in her despite how big she seems these days
although i was less invested in celebrating the holidays this year, we had ourselves a magical white christmas in west virginia surrounded by family
the way we always have
mirari
February 1, 2019 @ 8:54 pm
i think it’s already good to arrive at her age with that innocence, because usually kids stop believing in santa -or three magic kings, like me- by 6-7 years old— primary school unmagic!
i hope that part time job will suit you better than the whole day working, i saw on you ig that you’ve been in florida, too!! xx
Claudia
February 11, 2019 @ 11:34 am
@Mirari,
yes, florida was a quick getaway but one i will do again. my quick fix for winter blues
Lady Fi
February 7, 2019 @ 5:42 am
Part of the magic of Christmas is choosing to believe! My kids do so – even though they are 15 and 17 and know it’s not true, they think Christmas is more magical if they choose to leave out stockings and carrots etc.
It looks like you had a wonderful Christmas.
Claudia
February 11, 2019 @ 11:34 am
@Lady Fi,
got to believe in some kind of magic right????