ADVENT DAY 15: ZOOM CALL WITH SANTA

Our annual visit with Santa is one of our most treasured Christmas traditions! We met “our” Santa at the mall several years ago and have hired him to come to our annual cousin gingerbread decorating day every year since. Knowing that was not an option this year, and that this is very likely the last year Isla is going to believe with her whole heart, I reached out to see if Santa might be offering Zoom visits. Thankfully, he was! ⠀

We worked closely with Santa’s elves before our call to ensure the experience was filled with wonder. I sent him the kids’ letters and a few important life updates ahead of time, so that he had talking points he could bring up with them. Santa and Mrs. Claus then sent the kids a beautiful hardback copy of the Polar Express (which he read to them during their call) and the cutest sugar cookie set! Mrs. Claus joined in at the end of the call and decorated cookies alongside the kids. How amazing is that?!⠀
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The kids were absolutely ecstatic to have the opportunity to talk with their pal, Santa! The three of them chatted away, catching up on the highs and lows of the year. Santa offered Isla such kind and supportive sentiments about Charlie, and thankfully, he belted out genuine laughter when Cole called him a greasy banana (of course THAT was Cole’s takeaway from watching the original Grinch movie!). Despite the distance, and the craziness of the year, the kids’ visit with Santa was still a wonderfully enchanting experience! Hooray!!!⠀

Our Santa is truly one special guy, and we are so, so grateful to have been able to keep the magic alive this year for Isla and Cole!