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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It is a magical time of year, Ada and Nora left oats and carrots for the reindeer and milk and cookies for Santa. Ada rigged the milk mug with a string attached to a row of bells to alert her when it was moved.
ReplyDeleteEarly in the morning it went off, alerted the dogs and woke us all, we dashed down the steps and to our surprise there were presents everywhere. But Santa had vanished in an instant. The milk and cookie were gone and the carrots and oats consumed by, we assume, the reindeer. What a morning!