A friend called and said she was doing the annual Polar Express party here in Logan and her Santa had flaked the day before the event, and how did Anthony feel about being Santa??
After a little poking, prodding, arm twisting and "it's for a good cause" talk he agreed.
He had no idea how to be Santa and was really nervous. That whole day he would suddenly say "Merry Christmas!!" or "Ho, ho ho!!" At first I thought he was just being silly, but he got really embarrassed and told me he was so nervous... and was practicing.
The next night it was about time to go and I went into our room to get him and he was watching a youtube video on how to be Santa. The last pointer was, when a kid asked for something expensive or big to say, "we'll see what we can do about that" instead of agreeing in case that gift was not given.
We went to the center and he began dressing in the provided Santa suit.
Anthony has really big calves and the boots wouldn't go further than this.
Can you imagine sitting on Santa's lap and a good two inches of dark hairy leg was sticking out??
Luckily they had another suit which fit much better. And it looked AWESOME because it was corduroy!!
We got the call for him to come out and he looked at me and said "I don't want to do this anymore!" Good thing he's a trooper. He marched on out, jingling the big wreath of bells and calling out "Ho, ho ho! Merry Christmas!!"
Santa read the story "The Polar Express," kids sat on his lap and told him all about what they wanted for Christmas (you wouldn't believe how many asked for a Wii), and gave out little gifts to each kid. It was so cute to listen to him say "we'll see what we can do about that" when a kid asked for something.
There were cookies and hot chocolate afterwards and there were also cutouts for photos. Of course we just had to have our photo taken :)
Sorry, I took the video sideways.
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