Matt, I will not wish you luck because I don't believe in it.  However, I
believe in and have seen the power of prayer. I wil pray you get the money
for a better bike than you had before.

As for Santa, I think it's good to teach kids who he really was, not just
the commercial version.

Julie M.



>From: Matt <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Matt <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: santa and prepporation and all
>Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 13:26:44 -0600
>
>Hi all, I didn't get in on the santa discussion which went on.
>It is an issue with us since we have a kid and all.
>She really don't care at her age right now.
>She likes the santa hat we got her and she drags it around and puts it on
>her head and looksat herself in the mirror and all but when it came to
>sitting in some old fart's lap she screamed.
>He was ok before that when he gave her a tettybear but she figured that
>would be the end of their contact.
>You can't really escape the comercial santaclaws in this day and age but we
>can teach her who the original was and that those in the malls and begging
>on the streets and in store fronts are just regular men.
>I am sure we will find a way to work in the santaclaws bit but I don't want
>to do like some I have seen who have a guy dress up and come and hand out
>gifts and all that sort of stuff.
>Terri's family did that for a couple of years and it was cute, because he
>was a friend of the family but just a tad hokey.
>Maybe that's ho ho hokey.  hahahah
>Anyway, I am about to make the cheese we make for holidaies and then we
>will
>be done with the prepporation end of things.
>I am going to sell something I have been holding on to for over 10 years
>tonight to start raising money for a new bike.
>This time with an electric motor.
>We've got plenty of belongings we could do without and although I doubt we
>can raise all of the money, we have some socked back which we can at least
>add too.
>wish me luck.
>
>Matt

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