Yesterday, as I strolled through my local shopping mall,
children were still lined up to visit with Santa. It is always interesting to
watch how young children react to the experience. While the ritual of sitting
with Santa and posing for the traditional souvenir photo can be a big yawn for
some children, others seem to really take pleasure in the experience. There are
also those, the very young, with screams of displeasure that can only be
remedied when they get back to the safety of their parent’s arms. Even the make-them-laugh
antics of the photographer’s assistant usually has little success in making
the terrified child smile. The older children, the believers that still have
some understanding of the ritual, seldom have difficulty in making their wishes
known. For those children, today may be viewed as one more sleep. Merry
Christmas.
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