Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Sinter Claus

A few days ago, Amelia was eatting breakfast and she said "Today I am going to say my "ar's. gRits. suckeR. wRapper. Hey everything has ar's in it!"
Suckers and wrappers are not usually served for breakfast. They were from "Sinter Claus" someone Jimmy learned about in kindergarten. In Africa, they put their shoes outside for Sinter Claus to come and fill with candy. Jimmy immediately came home from school and stuck his "shoes" outside (paper cut out shoes they made in school.) He checked on them all day, to see what would happen. I thought that this was a Christmas only thing, but Jimmy insisted that it was everyday. He took this so seriously, I took pity on him and put a few suckers in the shoes in the night. In the morning, he woke up early, went outside and collected his shoes with candy inside. I thought he would be happy at that. He came in, dumped out the candy, and stuck the shoes back outside. Mercifully, the "shoes" blew away that afternoon and that was the end of that.

No comments: