Jakob had a girl in his class who told him that Santa wasn't real. She told him that his mom and dad just wrap the gifts. Even though we did our best to convince him otherwise, he still went to bed on Christmas Eve with a little doubt. So last night's events couldn't have had better timing.
Just after midnight, I (Matt) heard noises in the living room. When I went to investigate, I discovered Santa in our very own house! I woke up Tracy, and we grabbed the camera. We watched him work for a few minutes, and we were able to take a few pictures. But then he discovered us: he looked over his shoulder at us, grabbed his bag, and (rather than go up the chimney) he walked right out of our (locked) garage door. By the time we made it across the room to the garage door, Santa was gone, but he had left more presents in the garage. (we figured out later that he still had more gifts to leave, but didn't want to continue to work while we were watching). And here's the amazing thing--when we reached the garage door, it was locked. Somehow he opened and closed the door while it was locked! He really must be magic.
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