Me (honestly): Honey, I wouldn’t count on that, it is really expensive
Ryan: Well, no one would have to pay for it…Santa could bring it
Me (cleverly): Santa’ sleigh is probably not large enough because that was really big
Ryan: Mom, its like 250 feet long that is plenty big
Me (exasperatedly): We will add it to your Christmas list
Ryan: Where is our list?
Me (Oh, craply): I guess we will have to make it
Ryan: I will go get a BIG piece of paper
Honestly, I have no idea if my kids really believe in Santa or not. If they asked, I’d say, “well, what do you think?”
But…I’m not letting Santa get all the credit either. If I buy it…it’s from ME! I always tell my kids that there are so many children in this world who don’t have a lot of toys and who really need things and that we should let Santa make stuff for them, and Daddy and I will buy their (our kids) presents. (Presumably the stockings are filled by Santa though).