Mall Santa

This year my kids both thought that visiting Mall Santa was kind of pointless. After all, he's a fake Santa who just talks to the Real Santa and we already have Sparkles (the elf on the shelf) for that.  Luke decided that if Mall Santa was wearing glasses, he was Real, and Luke would like to talk to him.  Phew.  Also, Luke had to see Mall Santa to set his record straight. Luke wrote him a letter asking for a toy he no longer wants, so he had to explain that all in no uncertain terms to Mall Santa. And to Sparkles.  And we'll write another letter.  Hate to have something this important fall through the cracks.  

While it breaks my heart that the boys are too cool for Mall Santa and they won't dress up to see him any more, I love that they're so independent and individual. I really love that when push came to shove Luke hopped right up there and gave Santa a big hug.