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rushedTopic: Lauren
Unfortunately I think this is Lauren's year to be disappointed in childhood characters. First it was the tooth fairy, now it'll be Santa.
Remember the days when, as a child, you would gather up the toy catalogs that had come in the mail and go through each and every page marking the toys you wanted? All our parents had to do was to pick up one of those catalogs and there would be a huge list for them to work off of. Well, that good old fashioned Christmas greed just doesn't exist in my child and while I am happy about that, I'm also a little disappointed about it. Last year Lauren asked Santa for two things...a kitty and checkers. This year she asked him for a white stuffed elephant named Ellie. That's it. One elephant. Nothing else. Now kitty and checkers are pretty generic and I could at least work with those, but a stuffed white elephant named Ellie? Way too specific. When I tried to get more information all she could tell me was that she had seen him on tv. So, not only do I not know what it is, but I don't know where to get it either. It was certainly looking as if Lauren would be disappointed in a second character in one year because this Santa didn't know a thing about a stuffed white elephant named Ellie. I hate to admit it but I proceeded to do what any parent who can't bear to see the disappointment on his or her child's face come Christmas morning would do. I tried to salvage the ruined morning to come by pressing Lauren to have a little more of that Christmas greed. Ask for more stuff kid or you'll be sorry! Ask for a hopscotch pad or tickets to Sesame Street Live (things Santa is already bringing to her). Nope... she would have none of that. All she wanted was that elephant.
What the heck is Santa suppose to do now?
